JW wrote: > Not trying to argue with you Mark but if I remember right my KR2S plans say > for a larger cockpit than the KR2. I will be looking at those plans real > soon to double check. I have the 1992 S plans.
People keep saying the 2S is wider, and I keep thinking it's not, so I always go back and lay the plans out on the floor and compare them directly. That's what I did again last night, and they're STILL the same width! The S has two more inches of leg room, and a little more head room (which is also variable with the seat height anyway), but the WIDTH is the same. This is probably so the RR pre-molds (except for aft deck) would fit both the KR2 and the KR2S. > Off the topic but....... are there any tricks to the boat with the > plywood already installed to releive tension? I put it in the jig then wet > it with water. The next day I started to bring in the sides to the > dementions, it;s been sitting that way for 3 days, with me giving it water. > Would this be proper or is there better ways of doing this? I think the water method is probably is good as any. Steam would be even better (as Dr. Dean proved), but the logitics of that method are prohibitive. And doing it slowly helps too. Bending a little more each day over the period of a week is probably good enough. How do I know that three days isn't enough? I cracked one of my longerons while bending mine. Just make sure everything is dry before you actually glue anything. And while you're making your "boat", glue in a temporary cross member or two across the upper longerons in the seating area to make sure that the cockpit doesn't "close up" while you're not looking. Don't ask me how I know this will happen... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
