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Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/2/2012, 2:39 am

: Thanks for the input gents. I ordered my tree stakes from Farmtek
: (they have some nice poly panel products you should check out as
: well). I appreciate the source for the metal. The Rangeley has a
: flat run in the mid third of the boat, so it will be interesting
: to see if the metal connectors have any impact. I'm planning to
: play around a lot with the stringer count and placement and will
: likely try the end result with a tempy skin before committing to
: the final nylon.

: I'm still conflicted w/r/t the weight issue. Wood Rangeley's were
: usually 100-150 pounds, and several accounts suggest that the
: extra weight was considered an asset in that it helped improve
: momentum between strokes and made tracking less suseptible to
: wind shifts. My conservative weight estimate is 90-100 pounds,
: with the stringers accounting for about 1/4.

Actually as Paul mentioned the hull is generally much flatter in bending at the ends than in the middle.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringers?
John Oetting -- 12/28/2011, 11:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
Bill Hamm -- 12/29/2011, 1:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
Brian Nystrom -- 12/29/2011, 6:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/29/2011, 1:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
John Oetting -- 12/29/2011, 4:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
John Oetting -- 12/31/2011, 12:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fiberglass rods for SOF stringe
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:39 am