[Public-List] Reinforcing the cockpit sole

[George Dinwiddie]

Stephen,

On 2/21/14, 2:59 PM, Stephen Gwyn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have small cracks in the gel coat at corners where the cockpit sole
> meets the sides of the cockpit. These are clearly caused by the sole
> flexing. The worst is when my 4 year old son jumps from the cockpit
> seats on the floor.
>
> I'm think of some beams attached to the bottom of the sole
> inside the engine compartment. Has anybody done this?

If you just want to make the cockpit sole more rigid, you could create 
fiberglass channels by lengthwise folding a narrow length of cardboard 
into a "V" and glassing it to the underside of the sole. I suspect 
you're going to get some gelcoat cracks in the corners no matter what 
you do, as the gelcoat is quite brittle and has little strength.

  - George

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