Sea Sled madness. It’s in my brain.

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  1. DogCavalry
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    The Ram. 15757807638787940620485928350210.jpg
     
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    The crowd was heard shouting:
    "Strongback, strongback, strongback!"
     
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    DC smiles modestly and gets to work.
     
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    So, this is the lower angled piece of the first transom, and the new transom, recut to take the place of B6. The plywood between them is structural 1 1/16”, or 27mm plywood. Stuff costs a fortune. Temporarily screwed together with 1/4 by 5” lag screws. Once the strip planking is on, I’ll take off those blocks and do liquid joinery. Much stronger.

    And now to assemble the strongback.
     
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    Nice.

    Strongback, strongback, strongback...
     
    BlueBell, Dec 18, 2019
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    41ECF890-A907-4CA4-B48A-459AE4D99220.jpeg Strongback.
     
    DogCavalry, Dec 22, 2019
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    Nice Strongback!
     
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    I've been sick for 16 days. Yay Christmas break...

    Anyway, today I should have enough help to get the bulkheads and transom onto the strongback. Some of those parts are too heavy for Anne and I alone.
     
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    I am getting a bit worried you are going too heavy with this framing, it should not be that weighty.
     
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    You're right Jeff. A transom 5' by 10', built to take a pair of big outboards. Overbuilt.

    All the other bulkheads are an easy lift for 1 guy.
     
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    Transom, and bulkhead standing on strongback. IMG_20191227_163253_01.jpg
     
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    Holy poop man, that's sturdy, good job.

    Any temptation to radius those 90 degree inside corners in the bulkhead?

    Is the strongback attached to the floor?
     
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    Strongback is not attached to the floor. But it's too heavy to move, even before the beast was attached.

    I'll probably round those corners, because it's easier to make a water tight seal on a continuous line.
     
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    Progress for the day. IMG_20191228_204039245.jpg
     
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    Excellent, you are really progressing at a rate of knots!
     
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