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Old 07-04-2016, 12:05 PM   #5
seattleboatguy
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Originally Posted by DHeckrotte View Post
Hat channels made of 'chop' aren't nearly as good as one would wish. Wood posts would be fine, presuming you can accept their existence. Using glassed-in knees might be worth considering. Jacking the after end of the aft cabin structure back up to where it was intended and reinstalling the bulkhead properly would be best, I think
I had thoughts similar to yours. I even considered installing a little bulkhead, very similar to your "knees" idea. But, it would make a mess of my main cabin, so I think the "pillar" thing might be the least-bad idea.

I was thinking about a 4"x4" pillar made of "something", and then add a thin layer of teak over that. My question is the "something". Do you think I should laminate together a couple fir 2x4s, or maybe a 4x4 pressure treated post, or maybe something else entirely?
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