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Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
By:Mike Dangelo
Date: 7/21/2009, 9:40 pm
Date: 7/21/2009, 9:40 pm
My friend and I just built an internal strongback boxbeam for a Cape Ann Storm. It's as straight as we could possibly get it, but it's still not an arrow. This is my first strip boat (2 S&G CLC 17LTs), and I'm wondering if a perfectly straight strongback is absolutely essential.
Can we get the kayak keel line perfect without building a table to lay the beam on and shimming it perfectly straight and square?
THanks.
Messages In This Thread
- Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Mike Dangelo -- 7/21/2009, 9:40 pm- Perfect alignment from tight string
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/26/2009, 6:47 pm- Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat? *LINK*
Ian Johnson -- 7/22/2009, 5:13 pm- Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2009, 1:54 am- Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Mike Dangelo -- 7/22/2009, 8:36 am
- No, it's not essential.
Simeon -- 7/21/2009, 10:32 pm - Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat? *LINK*
- Perfect alignment from tight string
