Mid Seat/Tank Area

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The lower part of the drawing shows the arrangement on the centreline, looking out to the side. On the inside of the side shell are:

- a 9mm ply sheer strake doubler which is intended to spread the leeboard loads into the 6mm ply side shell;

- a 22x22 (1"x1") inwhale (US: 'sheer clamp') screwed through the side shell into the gunwhale;

- blocks on top of the doubler where the leeboard jam cleats are mounted and where the leeboard pivot pin holes are - the jam cleat blocks are only there to avoid the cleats being recessed under the inwhale, but the leeboard mounting blocks are major structural elements;

The top part of the drawing shows the view on the side shell from outside the boat with two components:

- the 35x15 (1-1/2"x3/4") gunwhale that runs the full length of the side shell - it is fixed by screwing through the side shell into the gunwhale from the inside, before the inwhale is added;

- a downward extension of the gunwhale (made from the same stock) in way of the leeboard pivots to fully support the leeboard pivot pins.

Much of this may be easier to understand if you look at a photograph of the mid seat/tank and the leeboard pivot area here.

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