plywood composite pads

Comment by john james on February 13, 2014 at 1:16pm

guess I've missed any description of these deck pads on my plans#150 .They look very nice.

Comment by paul anderson on February 13, 2014 at 3:30pm

Zee, talk us thru your thinking here?

Comment by john james on February 13, 2014 at 3:58pm

ah there they be pictured back on pg.9  .Im not so shure I want to go with webbing straps either.Zee are you planning rope lashings all around? How have you altered the beam-ends?

Comment by wakataitea on February 14, 2014 at 1:19am

looks quiet cheap... why not a solid wood block... this are the cross beam fitting or attachments for.

it...

i do not like it

by the way.... i do not understand, that a webbing strap should be better then the rope systems in the plans...this are the may connections on the boat... 

 hans

Comment by john james on February 14, 2014 at 5:57am

My plans make no provision for rope lashings. They show hard woodblocks similar to the ones pictured except that they have narrow slots just above the deck . Webbing straps go through this slot and up around the beams holding the boat together.I hope to use the old rope style of connecting hulls to crossarm beam .

Comment by john james on February 14, 2014 at 6:04am

This actually may not be so simple to do. Involve reinventing the wheel again

Comment by Zee Nagual on February 17, 2014 at 4:25am

I'm making outside on the hull rope lashing ,the original system as it is much stronger and has a wider bracing points .

I have no hardwood any where on the boat , instead I am using plywood sandwich with glass in between , than glassing it all on the deck . This similar system I used on may 50 foot cat at many high load structural points , its a bit of an overkill on this boat but is lighter and stronger than hardwood , weather proofed and offcats are plentiful..

  

Comment by john james on February 17, 2014 at 8:37am

What are you using to anchor the lower end of your rope lashings to?                                                                            It seems to me the considerable effort of constructing the crossbeam support boxes[ the stuff below deck] only works to their maximum potential  with the slotted deck block and strap system.

Comment by Zee Nagual on February 18, 2014 at 10:50pm

yes ,you right there John , I did build the support boxes as I was not sure which system i will go for at the time ... for rope lashing I made plywood pads in the same way as the beam support , sandwich of offcuts with glass in between , they are bolted into the inside of the beam support box and glass on to the boat , as per plan for alternative lashing (original lashing system for Tiki 30 ) 

Comment by Zee Nagual on February 18, 2014 at 10:54pm

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