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Date: 7/21/2009, 10:32 pm
As long as the strongback is stable (i.e. it won't warp later) then a less than perfectly straight one is fine.
The key is to ensure that you get the forms absolutely perfectly aligned. It's easier to do on a perfect strongback, but still very possible otherwise.
: 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
