1987 18’ Wellcraft “restoration”

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Originally Posted by cjohnson82

I will keep updating this thread if y***8217;all would like to follow.

The boat looks nice and your work looks extra-clean.

I did more reading on the hard-spot issue, and a couple people gave some
advice that sounded good to me.

The advice was that you wanted to avoid adding support members that only touch the hull in a small area... meaning, that the small area would carry a
comparatively heavy load.

That makes sense to me, and looking at the pictures doesn't apply to your work.

It looks like the grid you built is well-formed and makes fairly consistent contact with the hull, meaning that it should spread forces fairly evenly without unduly concentrating the weight in any one spot.


Another poster on a different forum, basically cautioned someone about "over engineering" their solution... and rebuilding the boat to a higher standard than when it was designed and originallyI built.

I think that also applies here.

Keep up the awesome work! I hope that you enjoy the whole process!

Sincerely,

-Philip