Mama H Chicago
Mother of sailboats
Received this message from Woodie’s owner, who has found a Michigan craftsman to finish her up.
“I have a friend here who is a naval architect, who believes that the boat will be much stronger if the frames are epoxied to the top and bottom panels, although defers to anyone with more knowledge of the Sailfish. If the frames were intended to mate with the bottom skins, they are undersized, and we’d need to shim it up.
———Could you query your ‘fish community to see if there is a reason NOT to epoxy the frames both to the deck and bottom skins?”———
I’ve previously passed on the instruction to NOT attach the stations to the hull or the deck, rather those should be attached to the Longerons and Gunwales. I just checked, and the kit build instructions from the SuperSailfish actually state that only the HULL stations not be connected to the hull. Lesson learned there…
So, beyond my understanding that the reason for the gap is water flow related, if the builder where to shim up the stations somehow, and attach them to the hull plankings (with a few mouse holes cut through for drainage) would that be a bad idea?
“I have a friend here who is a naval architect, who believes that the boat will be much stronger if the frames are epoxied to the top and bottom panels, although defers to anyone with more knowledge of the Sailfish. If the frames were intended to mate with the bottom skins, they are undersized, and we’d need to shim it up.
———Could you query your ‘fish community to see if there is a reason NOT to epoxy the frames both to the deck and bottom skins?”———
I’ve previously passed on the instruction to NOT attach the stations to the hull or the deck, rather those should be attached to the Longerons and Gunwales. I just checked, and the kit build instructions from the SuperSailfish actually state that only the HULL stations not be connected to the hull. Lesson learned there…
So, beyond my understanding that the reason for the gap is water flow related, if the builder where to shim up the stations somehow, and attach them to the hull plankings (with a few mouse holes cut through for drainage) would that be a bad idea?