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Originally Posted by Bushwacker
That's what I thought too - have never seen a '72 with the box stringers. Does the boat have a HIN engraved in transom at top outer area on stbd side? If so, it's a '73 because they weren't required in 72. Of course if the transom was previously replaced from outside, they might have removed the HIN. Boat has obviously been apart before because those longitudinal ribs on hull sides were not OEM.
I personally think the 4 smaller stringers would provide more uniform stiffness to the bottom of the hull. They would also create a stiffer "I-beam" when deck is bonded to top of stringers because you'd end up with twice as many vertical ribs in the beam. The box stringers probably require less glass and resin, so I'm pretty sure they were a cost savings. However the basic layup in all the Moesly and Potter boats is so stout compared to the average boat that either stringer configuration is way more than adequate!
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ya when i got the boat the top half of transom was replaced and they cut off top 2/3 of the skin and left the bottom 1/3 of the rotted transom so there is no hin but my title says 72'
10-07-2012, 07:59 AM
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