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Originally Posted by ReefReaper
How much flex did the hull have with doing one side at a time? Did you do it that way to keep the hull straight?
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Not as much flex as you would think it would have. It helps that it's supported bow to stern on a nice 4x6 trailer bunk. I would say that the bunks are about 10ft long or so, then I have a support under the front of the bow. side to side movement is minimal. I weigh about 300lb so it's supported pretty well.
I did it one side at a time for a few reasons. Like you mentioned, so it would help with keeping everything from flexing as much. Also, so that way I have a reference when rebuilding the new stringer.
Once the new stringer is tabbed in and before I put the top layer to cap it off, I am going to measure against the old stronger and then add more glass or remove wood to get it as close as possible to how it was.