Tender Status

A lot of mental work was accomplished on the Herreshoff Columbia Yacht Tender.
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The Piandetosi Sliding Seat rigs were positioned and formed the basis for identifying the correct height of the seats. Then I had to fabricate a way to clamp the seat support stake to the gunwales.
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Lots of standing around and vacant stareing.
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After much trial and error, I came up with a way to clamp curved stakes so that they applied the correct clamping pressure.
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The beauty of the epoxy resin glue is that extensive pressure is not required. The resin fills voids very well and a void is actually desired to produce a stronger final joint.
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The correct position of the seat support stakes now will drive the final trimming of the centerboard case, and no other mysteries remain as to how the work will proceed.
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The tender is designed to be adaptable to rowing with one or two sliding seat rigs, or just the normal bench seats when sailing and rowing in a calm.
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I like the idea of sailing, but I can envision this boat being used as a trolling unit for striped bass along the shore, while in getting a nice rowing workout with the sliding seat units.
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Also, I haven't decided on whether to build in rod holders, or get detachable clamp on versions.
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The pressure of these decisions would be a challenge to a lesser man....