Lay up schedule and stringers thickness
 

Hey dust team!

have to redo stringers in a mini 13. I took the rotten stringers almost all by hand ! So rotten i could not tell if they were 1/2 inch thick or 3/4

so anyone knows what they use in a mini? Unless i am wrong we use 3/4 in our offshore boat stringers so 1/2 inches must be good in such a small boat right?

would also appreciate if someone could help me on lay up schedule for those stringers!

thanks!


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Made me itch looking at the picture! When I worked for Laser Boats, we had a 15' go-fast boat that the stringers were encapsulated 1/2" wood, if that helps. 3/4" seems like overkill (and heavy)

pretty much what I thought! will still put a 3/4 coosa for the floor. thanks for confirming my thoughts!

That looks like a fun project, small light easy to block/sqaure up. Not big bucks in material including the engine.

why don't you reach out to glassdave for material choice and number of layers.
All the info you want is in threads but that takes time, it took me 8 years to go thru them.

send it down here, i'd rather grind fiberglass and do stringers than greasy oily engine stuff. Seriously how does a powerwashed hosed down with brake kleen and spray painted engine keep getting my hands all oily ?

I worked for Laser Boats for 2 years and owned Autocrafters Fiberglass for 3 years (going through college) and there is a point where fiberglass isn't all that itchy anymore, but that's been a long time ago.
For me, I have "Orange stuff" hand cleaner for grease, but I ITCH for a week after fiberglass grinding !! haha!

Stringer layup schedule stolen from GlassDave
 

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