My $0.02 Advice: Make the beams straight instead of bowed. Keep them rectangular cross section so that it's easy to attach the forms. KISS.

> Hey folks, As you know I m building a trimarran rigged kayak,
> which has stitch and glue hulls.

> One of my coworkers brought in a strip planked canoe for the
> EDS "on your own time" show. I was so impressed by it that
> I decided to go ahead and strip plank the crossbeams connecting my
> hulls.

> The stock plans for the CLC SailRig call for laminated crossbeams
> forming a gullwing shape. Since I was concerned about both windage
> and what would happen if the crossbeams would stove I was looking
> into covering the beams with an airfoil shape. After looking at how
> strip built boats were built, I think this would be my best option.
>

> The plan so far is to build the crossbeams as it the stock plans
> and use them as a backbone to secure airfoil shaped bulkhead forms .
> I would then strip plank over it. This would also allow me to direct
> the beams aft, instead of coming staight out from the hull at 90 degrees.
>

> Any thoughts?

> Here s a picture of the stock plans.

> NOTE: I will have the floats on streached out the length of the
> kayak and they will be set to a 12ft beam.

> Thanks. :)

>