ian_upton

The beauty of the TA system is that you tell them the height, the deadrise and how much glass you want. That's it.. pretty simply. On my Bertram 20, I am only replacing the stringer up to the forward bulkhead. In my hull, this portion of the boat had constant deadrise. No need for scribing, etc. Gotta get some grinding done in tomorrow! Ian.

I spoke with Scott a while back and ended up buying the TA custom product for stringer replacement in my Bertram 20. The project is not finished, but I am impressed with the product. From a cost perspective, I found this to be less costly than corecell, coosa, etc. Here are a few pictures: I first had to scribe the end to match the angle of the transom. Put a fresh grind on the hull bottom to make sure that everything was smooth and there wasn't anything sticking up. Put down a really wet layer of mat underneath where the stringer would lay. Soaked the base of the stringer and put in place. Really quite easy. Measuring and making sure that the two would be centered and parallel took more time than actually glassing it in. When the rear two section are in, I will remove the rest of the sole and finish off with the stringers. After all sections are in, I will lay another layer of 1708 over the stringers and a 3" tape of uni along the top. Here are a few pictures: Ian.