Grounding , stringer - hull separation

[gmakhs]

Originally Posted by Shrew

I would invest more effort in grounding avoidance.

Heh I do try not too , but I am.mostly sailing in light or.non charted areas writing cruising guides so some.grouding is invetable, until know grounded only once and hope never again but ****.happens

[NevisDog]

Originally Posted by Shrew

I would invest more effort in grounding avoidance.

In many areas, grounding is an almost daily fact of life. We keep the speed to a minimum though.

Yes a lot can be done to transfer the fore-and-aft keel loads beyond the ends of the stump but it will need careful planning or it's just more to repair next time. Extra weight of material down there is a good thing though.

I knew a fisherman who would kindly drop a pot marker each time he 'discovered' a new uncharted rock - in the days before GPS of course, nowadays we'd just record it on our chartplotter and keep it to ourselves.

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by gmakhs

Thank you for the kind words , I am trying to decide how and where to reinforce the keel area , I want my boat to be able to withstand groundings better .

Honestly, would you not be better off selling the boat and starting out with one better suited to your desires? There are similar sized boats with far better structural integrity than yours. Don't have to be full keel designs, just ones that start out with larger scantlings and margins for error. When the design relies upon Plexus bonds between a grid and a thin hull, it's gonna be hard to bring it up to "bullet proof" standards.

Jim

[gmakhs]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Honestly, would you not be better off selling the boat and starting out with one better suited to your desires? There are similar sized boats with far better structural integrity than yours. Don't have to be full keel designs, just ones that start out with larger scantlings and margins for error. When the design relies upon Plexus bonds between a grid and a thin hull, it's gonna be hard to bring it up to "bullet proof" standards.

Jim

Yes I have consider it , but haven't any of them.in good condition and I don't plan to go back to a.project .
At least the systems on my boat have been inspected tested and are mostly.new , something that another boat will have to pass again .
The next boat will be of different standards new or used .