Easier than we thought
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Yesterday I expressed my concerns about getting the transom pieces in place... well, guess I shouldn't have worried :-)
It's always nice when something goes right.
Dane and I got the last frame up and then I figured out the transom pieces. Fastened them together into one "unit" with a couple of 2x4's, then built up a support just like the rest of the frames. Only difference was leaving the vertical's longer and letting them extend down inside the strongback. This let us tilt it over at the required angle and screw it down that way. Worked nicely. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but its leaning "forward" several degrees. The actual mounting height wasn't listed on the plans, but there were enought other measurements to derive the location.
Now that the "setup" phase is done for a little while, I can move on to actual working on wood/frame/whatever pieces and add to the boat.
Having that entire thing set up in the back yard makes 28' seem really long.
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mark v 28 strongback
My take on the strongback
Well, the strongback isn't really detailed by the designer... just some notes and references. I say that to explain that this is Bruce talking, not Mark Van Abbema :-)
I don't intend to "roll" with the strongback attached... I expect that I'll keep the boat on the strongback to drag it out where I can roll it, then disconnect the strongback from the frame support members and roll from that point. I'll add some structure as seems needed around the "outside" of the hull to do the roll on (a rolling frame as it were).
The V 39, as I understand it, is built more on a flat floor (at least in the instances that have been heavily documented) with less strongback involved. The frames/molds on the V39 are mostly temporary and are just used to form the hull around and then are not used in the final boat. On the V28 the frames stay in place (due to the different hull design on the V28), so you have a different situation.
So far things are moving along for me, and I am enjoying the process... do ask any questions you like, I'll see what I can do about answering. I would also encourage you to drop Mark an email... he has been very helpful to me in answering questions, even before I bought the plans.