Center (keel) stringer - PVC vs Wood/Coosa

[FLexpat]

Originally Posted by captsuperfly

... longest length of PVC I can find is 14 feet, which is short.

I get 20' sticks from plumbing supply houses. HD and the like don't carry long ones.

[captsuperfly]

Originally Posted by FLexpat

I get 20' sticks from plumbing supply houses. HD and the like don't carry long ones.

Yeah, good idea. I'll make a run in the morning if the 14 footer doesn't do it. I only planned on running it to the front bulkhead of the bilge since it's acting as a drain. 14 feet might do it.

[captsuperfly]

Did you rough it up to prepare the PVC?

[captsuperfly]

I've got the keel out and I'm grinding the glass back. That tab was pretty badly delaminated and lots of black, delaminated glass along the sides. I had to grind back quite a bit to get to clean, solid glass.

Glad I pulled this thing out.

I'm going to lay a a few layers of 1708 and 1700 down to replace what I took out, then bed this pipe.