I'll have to be pretty careful with my cutting for this plan to work. It'll
come in close, at least. I really want to have a smooth bottom on this
boat (I have had skids on all my previous boats.)
In every boat I have made with 5.2 Luaun, I have cracked the bottom.
I wrestled with going with 3/8 on the bottom, but didn't want to deal
with the extra weight. Plus, with the airboxes and decking, I was going
to be getting into 4 sheets of ply anyhow (3 for the tops, 1 for the
bottom) but I couldn't figure out how to use more than about half of
that last sheet.
I 'solved' the problem by deciding to go with double thickness on
the bottom. This will provide the stiffness I want (without extra skids
or cross beams) keep the weight to a minimum, and use up the last sheet
of ply.
Pretty friggin' brilliant. Now I just need to build it.
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