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Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/22/2010, 12:15 am
In Response To: S&G: Moving hip braces (Charles Robinson)

: I built a Point Bennet by Duane Strosaker. Haven't finished the
: shock straps or the bulkheads and hatches but took it out for a
: trial run today. Killed my hips. I put the hip braces in towards
: the center too much. I need to move them out a little bit (maybe
: more) towards the chines, and I'm not too sure how to do it. I
: epoxied and fiberglassed them from the coaming to the floor and
: I wonder if heating the epoxy might loosen the fiberglass on the
: floor of the cockpit. Open to suggestions.

: Charles Robinson

I'd just cut the blocks out, sand the glass smooth with the hull/coaming and try again.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Moving hip braces
Charles Robinson -- 5/21/2010, 8:22 pm
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2010, 12:15 am
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 5/22/2010, 4:03 am
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
Charles Robinson -- 5/22/2010, 8:02 am
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/22/2010, 1:44 pm
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
Bill Hamm -- 5/23/2010, 12:32 am
Re: S&G: Moving hip braces
Charles Robinson -- 5/22/2010, 8:32 pm