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Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
By:Mark Bodnar
Date: 8/2/1998, 8:36 pm
In Response To: Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!! (jim wightman)

I made my shear clamps out of doug fir
> and they were heavy. Built front and rear hatches per the CLC plans.
> So there it is. According to the posts, some people built 44 pound
> boats pretty much the same way I got my 56 pounder.

You have part of the variation right there - I used 3/4" x 3/4" pine for the shear clamps - with ~35 feet of length you could get a few pound difference. (I figured that the shear clamps were not structural once the boat was built - more to support the boat and deck until the epoxy dries).

Mark

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My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 1:55 am
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Azteca -- 8/4/1998, 10:33 pm
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Robert -- 8/4/1998, 5:28 pm
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Frank -- 8/4/1998, 12:40 am
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jim wightman -- 8/3/1998, 12:48 am
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Mark Bodnar -- 8/2/1998, 8:36 pm
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Mark Bodnar -- 8/1/1998, 8:22 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 8:57 am
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L.C. -- 7/30/1998, 6:08 pm
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Martin Foil -- 7/31/1998, 3:25 pm
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L.C. -- 7/31/1998, 7:50 pm
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Brian -- 7/30/1998, 10:56 pm
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Jan Brandt -- 7/30/1998, 11:35 pm
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J. Dolmage -- 8/2/1998, 12:04 am
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Drew Lebauer -- 7/30/1998, 9:13 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 9:34 am
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Brad Heinauer -- 7/30/1998, 10:55 am
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Rick C. -- 7/30/1998, 1:18 am
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Mark Bodnar -- 7/29/1998, 7:57 pm
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Dean Taylor -- 7/30/1998, 12:37 pm
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Nick Schade -- 7/29/1998, 4:17 pm
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Stefano Moretti -- 8/1/1998, 7:17 pm
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Don Hummels -- 7/30/1998, 12:20 am
My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mike R -- 7/30/1998, 5:02 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/30/1998, 5:09 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 2:53 pm
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NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 10:01 am
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 1:01 pm
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NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 3:06 pm
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Martin Foil -- 7/29/1998, 8:40 am
Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 11:10 am