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Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
By:Jay Doorly
Date: 12/17/2003, 12:16 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas (Robert N Pruden)

I glassed in a partial bulkhead between my day hatch and the rear hatch. It was probably the flimsiest area on the boat and is now one of the strongest, It didn't take much wood, just the width of the deck above the shear and about 1.25 inches max height in the middle. Finished off with fillets of thickened epoxy*** and fiberglass tape.

The drawback of a partial bulkhead is stuff gets caught on it when loading or unloading.

Almost as good as a partial bulkead is laminating a piece of 4mm ply to the area to be strengthened. On the AT14 Pygmy has you put a couple 3" pieces of ply from the shear to the deck crown just in front of the cockpit (with fiberglass), to help withstand both sitting on the deck and hard knee hits.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
pikabike -- 12/16/2003, 1:33 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
LeeG -- 12/18/2003, 11:58 am
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
Severne -- 12/17/2003, 5:12 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2003, 7:47 pm
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Paul Jacob -- 12/17/2003, 12:23 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/17/2003, 1:54 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
Jay Doorly -- 12/17/2003, 12:16 am
defining a word.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/16/2003, 8:47 pm
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Glen Smith -- 12/16/2003, 8:14 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/17/2003, 1:56 pm
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bryan gorr -- 12/17/2003, 3:31 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/17/2003, 3:42 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
Glen Smith -- 12/17/2003, 2:54 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/16/2003, 2:24 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
pikabike -- 12/16/2003, 5:00 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas *Pic*
bryan gorr -- 12/17/2003, 8:25 am
Rub Strip
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2003, 7:53 pm
Re: RhinoLiner?
pikabike -- 12/17/2003, 12:28 pm
Re: RhinoLiner?
Kyle T -- 12/17/2003, 3:02 pm
Re: RhinoLiner?
chuck -- 12/17/2003, 2:17 pm
Re: Good point
pikabike -- 12/17/2003, 3:58 pm
Re: RhinoLiner?
Robert N Pruden -- 12/17/2003, 1:53 pm
Re: RhinoLiner?
George -- 12/20/2003, 5:52 pm
Re: S&G: Strengthening the vulnerable areas
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/16/2003, 5:23 pm