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Hey guys I ended up laying a concrete level pad because I had difficulty finding good quality wood to make the strongback. The plans say: "If building on a flat concrete floor, 3"x3" wood blocks can be bonded to floor using a runny polyester-filler mix, or car body filler." I bou...

Hey guys I just completed these frames. I'm going to be attaching tarps from the concrete walls to the frames to keep out the sun/rain. I'm going to be buying the lumber to make the strongback tomorrow, will probably buy 6 units of 2"x10-12"x12' and attaching them with half lap joints. Do ...

Thanks Fallguy!! I already bought 12 units of these 15"screw in earth anchors : https://www.grainger.com/mobile/product/4LVK3?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoZzD8cC07QIVz-DICh2h0QZ-EAQYAyABEgKWzfD_BwE&cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIoZzD8cC07QIVz-DICh2h0QZ-EAQYAyABEgKWzfD_BwE:G:s&s_kwci...

Thanks Fallguy for the awesome response!

If I can get a flipping team then I won't need to build a support structure/frame with manual chain hoists? How many people would I need?

Thanks again to everyone for all the great responses!

Thanks Fallguy!! Did you only need a single gantry at the middle of your hull to flip it or did you need multiple gantries? What size timbers did you use to make the gantry, 2x12's? Also can I plan to re-use the strongback for the second hull or should I plan to build a new one for the second hull? ...

Today I glued some timbers to bulkheads, did roundovers with the router on the stringers, and cut out notches in the bulkheads for the stringers. Fun times. To join the hull panels, Richard Woods suggests just using butt straps to simplify the process but I could scarf the hull panels together as we...

Thanks Fallguy! Two of the walls are 15' tall, the other wall is the side of the house which is over 20' tall (see attached photo). I was thinking of building a simple wall frame out of 2x4's in the middle (red in the photo) and then attaching heavy duty tarps (blue in the photo) from the concrete w...

Hi guys I'm building the woods flica 34' catamaran. I've finished cutting out the bulkheads and I'm going to be adding the 1"x3" timbers to frame the bulkheads. The build is plywood and epoxy. I'm planning to construct the strongback. The plan calls for 2 long 2"x5" timbers space...