I Was reading the July edition Afloat magazine and they had a story on a rebuilt S&S 34 , it caught my eye in one of the photos of the beams and stringers built in to the bilge and down the side of the hull.
And the lack of this in my own boat.
As far as I can tell my boat is made up of the hull and then the glass furniture tabbed in to the hull no beams or stringers to be seen anywhere.
Not reassuring at all and not worthy of the reputation it has as a bulletproof design , unfortunately I can't even retro fit any (no room)
Can any one recommend any designs that are under 28ft that where built very well ?
The endeavour 24 and 26 comes to mind I was very surprised when I saw the stringers built in standard in the bow section,
Just as a thought would a plywood yacht be stronger if in good condition over a standard production yacht in the more commonly built small glass yachts?