Stringer Material

[PeteyD]

Whats the better material for stringers? on my boat the stringers are actually smaller maybe 2 inch by 1 inch, ive seen Arauco ply but wanted to know of any others? Thanks.

 

[R Socey]

Re: Stringer Material

I plan to use Douglass Fir marine plywood with epoxy! After a ton of research - it is what I want. Im sure you will get a variety of responses, and if you use the search function you will see a voluminous amount of info - good luck!
http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/faqs/answer.jsp?faqid=19

 

[ondarvr]

Re: Stringer Material

What do you mean by "better"?

Better can be many different things, but what it comes down to is how good of a job you do with the products you end up using.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Stringer Material

If I understand you correctly..you dont really have stringers but floor supports.

Its really how you glass them in at this point I would think.

I would imagine that you could use anything you want to in this case.

Are they glassed in or just bedded down with putty and floor over it ?

YD.

 

[PeteyD]

Re: Stringer Material

R Socey thats what i picked up today at lowes, Thanks for the input. YD There is a center stringer and ive gone with oak for that. il set up some pictures.

So in the center is the single stringer which is already removed. On the left is a cut into the glass which completely exposed the old wet plywood/stringer, this can be thought of as the hull floor joint i suppose. On the right of the picture i have yet to cut the remaining glass which covered the old floor/plywood. Basically the floor was a piece of plywood laid over the center stringer glassed over. The ply was cut short maybe 3-4 feet from the transom and 2 extensions continued to the transom.