Hi,
I was getting ready to glue my sheer clamps to my Chesapeake 16LT when I noticed that they are not straight. You can see in the picture below that they curve right after the scarf joint. Is this going to be a problem? I am worried that the side panels of the hull are going to conform to the curve in the sheer clamp.
Hector,
I ran into the same situation on my Shearwater hybrid. One of the pieces of sheer clamp material had quite a twist. Not the best material I would have hoped for, but I decided to live with it. It took a bit of clamping force to get it lined up but it did not distort the plywood as far as I could tell. Those panels are all wired up, epoxied and glassed now with no ill effects. I have installed the deck forms and all is nicely fair and ready for stripping the deck. So clamp those puppies up and forge ahead.
Paul
Thanks Pual,
That is good to know. I will go ahead and continue.
Hector