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I think your talking about 'double planked' not double hull..
To make any repairs worth while the cost and effort, you should stay with the traditional or prescribed method of replacing the planks. Ply wood planking has none of the strength and longevity that are needed in any boat planking.. Leave the plywood for plywood boats where the minimum edge grain is exposed (and then it should be glassed). First of all the grain of the planking should run parallel with the plank edges, so a 7ply plywood plank would have only 5 plys parallel and 3 plys cross grain. Hence you have reduced the strength to ~ 4/7th what it should be.. Also, all of those end grains in the seam would tend to wick moisture into the plys. Even a double planked hull will have movement in the seems and eventually the seam filler will let some moisture in. -- My opinion and experience. FWIW Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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