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Deeper gutter means better beam support? I'd think so. 
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- A cockpit well.
- Hoisting points
- I will need some hoisting points.
- Complication I have is the two big cockpit locker tops.
- Are you planning to glass the entire inside of the cockpit well?
- The "modern" approach would be to have a gutter below the lids which drains out into the cockpit.
- That is what I'm doing.
- Sounds like a good plan. As regards the hinge side gutters others must have solved this previously.
- Pondering hinge side...seems my memory conures up the usual.....
- Here's a rough sketch in actual size of my plan.
- I think the gutters are too narrow, Tom.
- Fiberglass saves space, I need the wood structure around the gutter.
- why not build fiberglass locker lids....
- Re: Fiberglass saves space: Is a 3/4 inch gutter going to
- Good thought. I'll err on the deeper side. I've seen plenty of smaller channels.
- Deeper gutter means better beam support? I'd think so.
- Deeper gutter means better beam support? I'd think so.
- Good thought. I'll err on the deeper side. I've seen plenty of smaller channels.
- Fiberglass saves space, I need the wood structure around the gutter.
- Looks about right to me. Couple things I notice......idle curiosity.
- I think the gutters are too narrow, Tom.
- Here's a rough sketch in actual size of my plan.
- Pondering hinge side...seems my memory conures up the usual.....
- Sounds like a good plan. As regards the hinge side gutters others must have solved this previously.
- That is what I'm doing.
- Tom, bear in mind all those trim and joining pieces are there to deal with end grain exposure.
- Complication I have is the two big cockpit locker tops.
- I will need some hoisting points.
- You disappoint me, Tom
- Hoisting points