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Old 06-01-2021 | 07:09 PM
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Does this count?
About fifty years ago I owned a boat without stringers or bulkheads.
Hanimex 5.5 hp, on the plane (light load) and the entire floor would bounce up and down 3-4 inches. Even the bench seats were only glassed to the hull sides.

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Old 06-01-2021 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rak rua
Does this count?
About fifty years ago I owned a boat without stringers or bulkheads.
Hanimex 5.5 hp, on the plane (light load) and the entire floor would bounce up and down 3-4 inches. Even the bench seats were only glassed to the hull sides.

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the boats I’m talking about are the same type of construction only they are 30-45 feet long lol. They do take a piece of 2” pvc tubing cut it in half and glass that into the hull longways to give the floor a little back bone lol. It’s crazy I know.
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Old 06-01-2021 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by iliveonanisland
the boats I’m talking about are the same type of construction only they are 30-45 feet long lol. They do take a piece of 2” pvc tubing cut it in half and glass that into the hull longways to give the floor a little back bone lol. It’s crazy I know.
Does sound a bit crazy.
Similar to here, boats up to 45’ long, most of the tour boats are plywood, have one central stringer runs all the way and bearers across the floor . They carry 40 people and get the job done but I wouldn’t want to be in one when the water gets nasty.

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Old 06-01-2021 | 08:26 PM
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They put foam stringers in these in part 2. Maybe you should show or tell the builders down there about this. It's all 3rd world looking building methods and materials.
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Old 06-01-2021 | 10:34 PM
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"SQUIB" lol
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