have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

[94eclipse]

my boats had alot more stringers then all the boats i has seen online.the stringers from the middle to the outer part were like a bunch of squares(about a foot X foot).do i need to put all those stringers back or will i be ok running four stringers long and three wide.
here you can see where all the stringers were.

thanks for and suggestions.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

will i be ok running four stringers long and three wide.

Ordinarily I'd say replace what was there but man I can see how that would be considerable work in your case. I think your plan should be more than adequate.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

Were all of these up level with the deck? Or were some just basically cross bracing?

 

[94eclipse]

Re: have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

they are all from the hull to the deck.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

they are all from the hull to the deck.

Wow that is one heavy duty strnger system for a 21 footer. I with EZ, normally I never recommend altering the design, but I think in this case you can elimanate a couple (port to starboard) and be fine.

 

[Lou C]

Re: have a question about my stringers in my 21' wellcraft

I saw another Wellcraft with the same grid of stringers, I think it was because that boat did not have foam, so the stringer system was beefed up to make it stiffer. When I re-did my 88 FW, I had called FW about the foam and they told me it was both for flotation and structural...
However, this boat looks like it did have foam....