[Public-List] V-Berth Shelving

[Amy & David Swanson via Public-List]

ON 229 (pre-liner), the shelves were not tied to the chain plates nor 
glassed to the hull, they were screwed into small blocks of wood that 
were glued to the hull.  They were 3/8" plywood.  I replaced the fiddle 
with varnished pine about 1/4" thick that a woodworking friend had as 
spare.  I wouldn't spend extra money for sapale or okume if you are 
painting them, but that's me.

On 4/20/2016 5:18 PM, Jason S via Public-List wrote:
> I believe they could if you bothered to tied them into the chainplate knee
> and glassed them in well where the attached to the bulkheads and hull. In
> factory form not sure how much support they offer
> On Apr 20, 2016 5:15 PM, "Justin Riddle via Public-List" <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, so realistically glassing a shelf into the hull won't give me much
>> additional structural strength. Good to know, thanks!
>>
>> Justin
>> On Apr 20, 2016 4:06 PM, "Wes Gardner via Public-List" <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I think just by nature of there being a liner that no, the furniture like
>>> shelves, will not be structural. I'm not familiar at all with the liner
>>> boats but the non-liner boats tie everything (knees/shelf/hull) together
>>> with glass tape.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Stephen gwyn via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not convinced the shelves are structural, at least on a liner
>>>> boat. Or at least on my boat (#495). There's a single bit of
>>>> glass tape. The wood is attached to the tape with pop rivets.
>>>> Maybe there was a bond between the glass and the wood
>>>> at one point, but 40 years of wet/dry expansion/contraction
>>>> cycling have killed it. Polyester to wood is only temporary.
>>>>
>>>> The forward lower knees are not integrated with the shelves,
>>>> again not on my boat at least.
>>>>
>>>> There is a longitudinal stiffener in the liner. It's the triangular
>>>> shelf thing which forms the edge of the under-berth compartment
>>>> of the V-berth, the support for the shelves in the cupboards,
>>>> the bottom of the compartment behind the seats in the main
>>>> cabin, and the not-very-useful shelf in the cockpit lockers.
>>>>
>>>> SG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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