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Old 10-24-2006, 11:11 AM
strick strick is offline
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Default Re: Here We Go Again

I've been thinking about it some. How this could have happened. When looking at the sides of the hull from the outside there is no buckleing or distortion to the hull. It looks fine. I think just the top part of the hull bowed slightly after the cap was removed. Adding the floor only reinforced this new slightly wider shape. I would reccommend replacing the floor while the cap is still on or doing like i did on another boat when I replaced the whole stringer system I ran some 1x4's cross ways to the sides of the hull at 4 foot intervals and glassed them in place. They were a pain in the rear to work around but they kept the hull the same size when I was finished.

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