cedar scantling ?

Discussion in 'Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building' started by snow 57, Oct 7, 2007.

  1. snow 57
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    snow 57 Junior Member

    Hi Guys,
    I am after advice on the thickness for strip plank western red cedar/epoxy construction of a 12m(42ft) sailing cat.
    I built two multi hulls back in the early nineties using western red cedar but since then have been using a balsa core material about 13mm (half inch) for the hulls.
    My memory says the cedar was about the same thickness but I have no records.
    Thanks Snow
     
  2. alan white
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    alan white Senior Member

    Chris White designed the 40 ft Skyhook trimaran, at 8000 lbs, for western red cedar strip construction. The thickness was 1/2". No cold-molding was added to this. Cloth and epoxy inside and out. So 1/2" seems just about right.

    Alan
     
  3. snow 57
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    snow 57 Junior Member

    Hi Alan,
    Yes I kind of remembered that was the thickness we used but it was near ten years ago and there's been too much whiskey under the bridge since then
    Thanks Snow
     
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