You will get a lot of sound if not to place... The rubber to place must be fixed properly- another way you will lose it very soon and once more = the sound.

I have a few questions on the rope/side lashings. My tiki30 has the webbing connection, which is absolute rubbish. Holes in deck that get pulled on cause leaks. I converted my Hinemoa to rope lashings, and she became a much better boat.

I want to do the same on the Tiki30.

So a few questions.

Are the beams longer for the side lashings? It looks to me like I would have to add about 2-3'' either end of the beams in order to have a surface to lash onto.

What do the interior reinforcements look like? Mine has the ply triangle, between deck and hull side, along with a hardwood doubler on underside of deck for bolts. All are failing or have failed(and been repaired)

Also, how about the lashed on chainplates? And forestay Bridle? I try to remove as much metal as possible from my boats. In my experience it fails, or causes failures. Just replaced the top 5' of my mast because of metal causing failures, and now I have decking to fix.

On my Hinemoa, I epoxied in beams under the deck and extending out either side 2". It worked, though was a laborious modification, that cut down on interior space. I would like to see what the simpler solution is.

Any thoughts or pictures would be muchly appreciated

Thanks

Levi

It looks like your boat was poorly built or took a hit. It wasn't supposed to fail there. As for the size of the crossbeams, you will have to decrease the beam of the boat by 10cm, 5 on each side. It will not change much.