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There ya go. Hopefully these will help somebody.


If you need any more pictures.. Or would like better ones, please feel free to ask.

The trash man comes by early friday morning..

What year was that boat, Ron?

It was a 1982

Is the deck area under the rear crossbar cored? If not how far in front/behind the crossbeam does the core end? How thick is the core behind the crossbar? Unfortunately, I think I have a core replacement to do on my deck behind the crossbar (a PO didn't properly bed a hatch he installed, and the core is wet...), and this should help me plan for the amount of work I need to do.

I'm always sorry to see an 18 meet its end, but thanks for posting the pictures so we could see the construction.

Thanks,
Steve

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1990 Hobie 18SX #2077

So sad to see an 18 die, nothing lasts forever.
Interesting to get good views of the inside we never see.

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ALLEY CAT 1984 RED LINE HOBIE 18 MAGNUM
Sail # 10505 or 277

If you look in the last two photos, you can see where the core ends in the deck about an inch shy of the crossbeam beds. Like all core ends, it's tapered down.

The deck core begins again after the rear crossbar bed. I just went and measured the round cut-out scrap from when I installed an aft port hole. The core is about 7/32" thick in the area midway between the aft crossbar and the stern.

Committing the ultimate sacrifice so others could live, could anything be more noble?






5000 more words for ya'll


Use any way you see fit.



Hull half at rear crossbar


Hull half at rear crossbar closeup


hull sectioned at sideboard just below rear crossbar connection




Cut made across center of rear crossbar mount.



Transom.

Thanks, those views shows exactly what i was looking for!

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1990 Hobie 18SX #2077