what wood for stringers???

[alloffroad]

Re: what wood for stringers???

If you used aluminum you could go with a 1x2 and get the same strength an 2x4 wood. Could give a little more room inside. The problem would be in forming it to the hull of the boat and making a flat landing for the floor.

 

[redfury]

Re: what wood for stringers???

Stringers are built generally by laying a strip of 1/2 to 1" foam ( or some bedding material ) and then the board used to form the stringer is laid on top, tabbed to the floor and then covered with fiberglass..at least from what I've read and had seen in my glastron.

I've dug the old wood out of my stringers and plan to use the left over fiberglass as a partial form and then I'm going to pour some 8lb closed cell foam into them. then I'll lay a couple of sealed wood cross braces after I've shaped the stringers, and then I'll cover the whole stringer system with a good layer or 3 of fiberglass.

The point is that if you have too rigid of a stringer and you start whacking some waves too hard, you are going to break the outer hull skin due to having rigid stress points from those all to rigid and inflexible stringers. I'd never mix materials in the case of the general structural integrity of a boat ( aluminum in a fiberglass boat ).

 

[yorab]

Re: what wood for stringers???

Just curious Vandy21. Are you from Vandergrift?

 

[seafrog]

Re: what wood for stringers???

Based on research I did and suggestions from this forum, I used Douglas Fir for my 2x8 stringers, which I pre-treated with epoxy sealer. Douglas Fir isn't cheap though - especially if you use finished grade (no knots) like I did. You don't want knots.........

 

[sand sailor]

Re: what wood for stringers???

i just redid the sole of my 27' santana and i used african mahogany very strong flexible and will resist rot for a long time . not as well as teak but alot cheaper

 

[Firestar]

Re: what wood for stringers???

Ceder for the MFW!!