Reply To: HT 26 structure

Hi Yann.

Thank you for your response to my posting (Amon-Re). Yes, I will have to consider very carefully whether I decide to go for the twin diesel conversion instead of my outboard, it would obviously entail a great deal of work and I already have plenty of that!

Regarding your beams, Amon-Re ( MK III, 1979) has 5 of them which are an integral part of the structure. They are obviously fibreglassed onto the underside of the cockpit floor before the deck moulding is bonded to the hulls. They cantilever over the hulls and support the floor of the cockpit lockers and add rigidity to the hull sides.

Now you mention epoxying both the inside and outside of the hulls. Do not do this! The structure is polyester and all internal repairs and renewals should be done using this material ( which is considerably cheaper than epoxy ) and if you are resheathing the exterior of the hulls below the waterline (osmosis?) then you should use vinylester resin and vinylester gel-coat. Vinylester is a hybrid resin like a cross between polyester and epoxy and is now the recommended resin for below waterline applications.

Hope this is of some help.

Regards, Neville.