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S&G: SailRig shearclamps and deckbeams
By:Brian T. Cunningham
Date: 6/8/2003, 9:56 pm

I finished taping and glueing the keel on the 2nd outrigger. I've also planed the shearclamps and installed the deckbeams. Looks like the temporary deck beams and straigtening jig worked.

I decided to flatdeck the outrigger, like the MkII SailRig plans. It went _much_ faster!

I can still twist the hulls about 45 degrees. No doubt the deck and bulkheads will stiffen it up. Though I was hoping to nail them on with bedding compound so I could get in there if necessary.