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Originally Posted by Bushwacker
The inner liner is there for a reason . . . it adds a lot of torsional stiffness to the hull, which a CC needs, since it doesn't have a cabin top or full height bulkhead to tie the hull sides together! A lot of guys install balsa or foam core against the hull sides to stiffen up the hull when they remove the liner. Adding some bulkheads under the raised deck will also add some torsional stiffness.
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I agree there. The hull is very thin. Could I get away without a coring material and doing a layer or two of 1708? I am thinking that with the bulkheads I put in under the deck, and a big front bulkhead for the anchor locker, it should be pretty stiff. The floor will be going directly to the hull sides as well as maybe 2 vertical supports on each side. I've seen balsa used as coring. Just uneasy about putting wood back into the boat after I took out so much of it that rotted. Any other suggestions on foam coring materials for the hull sides? Is divinycell the standard nowadays?
11-15-2016, 04:53 PM
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