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Unread 07-15-2012, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by cterrebonne View Post
Basically you added another piece of ply where the bolts would bolt up?
ply as in core material? no the bolt pattern patches were cut out of 1708 cloth and were wetted out and incorporated between my 3 whole layers of cloth. I was trying to give you someother ideas for strength without adding a bunch of weight to the transom. maybe go with 2 layers of 3/4 (which is factory core thickness) and then add a 1/2 inch piece of core ply to make a total core thickness of 2 inches. But I truelly dont see why you cant just put 2 pieces of 3/4 ply and then incoporate transom knees, guys run em like that everyday with no issues. as was said earlier thicker is not more strength, the strength is in the layup.

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