Hey, what if I was 45 and still lived with my mom?!!

Actually, I can sympathize with you--I'm 24, but I built my boat at my folks' house last year, and Ma wasn't real tolerant of my varnishing either.

If you're using 3mm for lighter use, or 4mm for heavy-duty use, the deck ought to be strong enough without carlins. If you wanted, you could even glass the underside and topside of the deck around the cockpit and probably eliminate the deckbeam too.

If you're wanting a lower coaming than the standard CLC design, consider putting in a recessed cockpit like strip builders do.

Shawn

> first of all. I wanted to make a boat with a very low profile. so I worked
> it out so I would just perfectly fit under the deck. I have quite low deck
> beams and the carlins are in the way. are they nescesarie? I've seen boats
> made without them. is that ok? I'm buil;ding a modified version of the
> yare by chesapeake. also does anyone know any tricks for keeping stuff off
> paint and varnish while painting? my mom is forcing tme to do it outside.
> just so you knows I'm not a loser 45 year old whoo still lives with his
> mom I'm 15 just had to get that accross

> well thaks for anything

> David b