:There is no sewing , only gluing with vinyl cement, on any of my PVC skins.
:I've never had a glued seam fail. Tom
That is encouraging. What gauge of vinyl do you use? Is the vinyl cement you use special in any way? I use a vinyl cement for the swimming pool liner that seems to work well.
: The problem with Plan A . . .
: . . . when folded / lying flat as a panel, the bottom plates at
: the chine are extremely curved at it's chine,
: and the top panel is still quite straight at it's chine connection
: to the lower panels. This causes problems . . .
: Simple is good :) ... Tom
I notice your boat has a Vee bottom. I was looking at a canoe design I have built in plywood already, so I know its performance. It has a fairly narrow flat bottom with bilge planks sloping up to meet the sheers; a typical 5-planker.
I was thinking about plywood sheer and bottom planks, with vinyl closing the bilges. The vinyl could be continued across the bottom in a single piece. The bottom panel could fixed if it folds OK. Alternatively the bottom panel could be drop-in; with the bottom panel removed the vinyl should behave the same as on your Vee-bottom boat. The bottom edges of the sheer planks are straight when flattened.
I didn’t take it any further because of my uncertainties about using vinyl.
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