Strongback and Gunwale Dimensions

["Greg Ryan" <gregoryrryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back from Florida, what a great regatta! What a great venue! Doug we didn't 
see any Lions Tigers or Bears and we had no insects at all because it was 
cold at night. There were however Super Fearless Raccoons. They chewed 
through polystyrene coolers that were concealed inside garbage bags to get 
to two turkeys. They also like peanut oil and tried to chew through a 
polypropylene container to get to 20 litres of turkey frying oil. These 
bandits made off with our dinner on more than one occasion but helped us 
clean up any food left on the tables after the sponsored dinners. I believe 
they are still licking the spot under where we fried the turkeys .

One thing I will add to the discussion about the rails and Gunwales. "Its 
very hard to climb up on a boat with no gunwales!!!!!! Make them as deep as 
allowed. Rails and center rail are important. I did a lot of trappin off the 
rails and used the center rail quite a bit in emergencies climbing up the 
mountain. So dont make them smaller than suggested by Warren. If you are 
looking for convenience Roger has foam cores for the Center rail and also 
for the side rails if you want to give that a try.
Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Stevens" <warren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Doug" <d.kirchmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Bram Dally" <bdally6107@xxxxxxx>; <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Strongback Dimensions


> It sounds like you are missing the actual plan tube.  In your builders
> kit you should have a tube full of full size plans, one for each rib.
> You paste them onto particle board, cut them out, then assemble the
> actual frame.  You need Bram to send you the plans of all the
> strongback ribs.
>
> Warren
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 09:48:14AM -0000, Doug wrote:
> >    I do not have the strongback's in my plans and the drawing on page 37 
> > in
> >    the manual is too small to be of much use. Could somebody please 
> > provide
> >    me with detailed strongback dimensions.
> >    Regards
> >    Doug
> >
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