On Oct 29, 12:31 pm, "
wrote:
On Oct 28, 8:18 pm, wrote:

jaykchan wrote:
those boxy structures are totally useless

If they're not water tight and foam filled, their purpose may still be
to add strength to the hull and, in particular, the transom. I know
several boat models that have designed in stength with similar means.
Never having seen yours, I of couse have no clue. But you might find a
boat builder to take a look at them and get an opinion.
Anyhow, that's just my 2 cents. Be careful.

Rick

What you say is possible. They "may" be used to add rigidity to the
corners of the stern to make the corner square. But I really doubt
this. The reason is that the fiberglass boxy structures seem to be
too thin to have any structural value, and this is one of the reason
why I don't want to mount a kicker bracket on that boxy structure.
They look too weak for providing any structural support.

If you are interested, you can view my web page that has the pictures
of the boat in it:

http://www.geocities.com/jaykchan/Se...a_18ft_CC.html

Thanks.

Jay Chan

Jay, if the boxy structures you are talking about is where you have
the 6" dimension shown on the second picture on your site, I'd agree
with Rick. That certainly looks like it would stiffen up the back of
the boat, and I'd be very, very leery of removing them.