How Many 2 by 4s? does it take??

12 to safely roll a Vardo hull in my patio. The walls and roof are not strong enough so I built this gantry with a top beam made of one 2 by 4 on edge epoxy and screwed to another's centerline. There was very little creaking and it all seemed quite solid as I rolled the first hull this morning.



The plan is to glass the inside chines on the downhill side and then glass each hull side on the outside. Adding a few coats of epoxy to the large sheer butt blocks will be easy now as well. The hull is now resting on the outboard side on 4 tires.



I'm starting a 2-3 month repair project on a Searunner 34 trimaran at the end of the month and after that will be spending several weeks in Michigan so most work on the second hull will have to wait until the end of the summer. I had imagined not getting a lot done anyway in the hotter weather as the patio seems to get hotter than the outdoors temp due to the metal roof and dark colored walls. Hard to say but should still have 2 hulls hooked together this year.