VG20 bulkheads/Interior layout

Joey_Marc · Post by **Joey_Marc** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 9:28 pm

Looking at my plans for the Vagabond I noticed that the detail for the bulkheads show the cutouts on one half of the bulkhead. I understand the workaround: "make the port side look the starboard side", but Mr J. Pipkorn´s battery box and nav locker fly in the face of that. Then I noticed some of the other boats in progress had a strangely similar set-up. Is this something that I will need to develop my own set of measurements for? Secondly, In the plans the cockpit bulkhead doesn´t seem to show a cutout for the berths...which leads me to the question: Is there a permissable size I can cut into the bulkheads before I begin affecting the strength of the system? Thankyou for your time and input. I am not a very experienced builder, and I hope I am not embarrassing myself here.

Matthias · Post by **Matthias** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 4:44 am

Hello Joey, you will have the freedom to develop your own interior and measurements, but you may not forget the system of structural fiberglass-seams. You should not cut out the bulkheads more than 5 cm to the sides as you need these 5 cm for the fg-seams. Matthias

Steve_Borelli · Post by **Steve_Borelli** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 5:53 am

At my opinion 7cm. is a little bit better... I glassed with 15cm wide tape, so 7cm one side, 7 the other, 1cm the filletted radius... =15. But this is just my personal opinion. Bye. Steve

Post by **jacquesmm** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 8:50 am

5 cm offset is an absolute minimum. I prefer 7. As for the "furniture" arrangement, you can customize as long as you respect the structure. See the pictures at the web site: they show samll variations in layout there.

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