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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:51:20 -0500, "Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote:
"Alan Gomes" wrote in message ... Doug, As I was reading the original post I was thinking the same thing. This is trivial to fix. If this is the worst problem he finds then he should count his blessings. Seriously! I'm the OP...and I'm not sweating the small stuff. Fixing the small stuff is one of the joys of owning a boat. I was curious about the involement of the designer with the builder. I think I have a feel for it now, thanks to the responders. Of course, if this should turn out to be symptomatic of inattention to larger details, such as the keel attachment or hull to deck joint construction, then that should be a concern. But if the "hull" is indeed "strong," including the main structural elements holding it all together, then I wouldn't break a sweat about the small stuff--especially something like trim pieces. I would hope the keel and deck are through-bolted Yep, thick hull....silicon bronze bolts holding the keel on... hull and deck bolted together....strong chain plates (and you can get to them below...not hidden), etc S&S, by the way, is a very fine designer. Although I've never sailed a Yankee 30 I'd imagine that "engsol" probably got himself a nice boat. I suspect so. I've always regarded them as a quality boat. --Alan Gomes "Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in message ... Self tapping screws are pretty much the norm for such applications into glass. If they are stripped out then it is the fault of an installer rather than the designer. Through-bolting such minutia is usually overkill. Doug s/v Callista "engsol" wrote in message ... My "new" boat is a 1974 Yankee 30 Mk III, desiged by S&S. It's a srong hull, and a good sailing boat...so I've been told. But what I'm finding are construction details that I've never approve of, even being a newbie. My biggest complaint is that things such as teak trim, power panel, etc are "held" in place with self-tapping screws into raw fiberglass. You can guess how well that holds. I'm planning on fitting backing blocks. I got to wondering...how much does the designer have to do with the construction of a boat? To what level of detail does the designer specifiy the construction? Does the designer shape the hull, spec the rigging, armwave where the bunks, head and galley go, and the implementation is left up to the builder? Just curious....Norm B |