later.....

That gap started me thinking...... right back to the first page of this thread and the crack in the hull that started all this



If..... and I'm just thinking out-loud here, if the rear beam was placed first and had a small amount of tightening done and then the front beam went in with again a small amount of tightening done..... the hulls then squared as we all do....

Now if it were me, I'd then tighten down the rear beam a tad more..... simply because its the easier one to do compared to the front beam, and I'd probably go a little more on the rear beam too if the truth be known before breaking my arm in a dozen spots to tighten the front beam

In Karps case and with that much difference in the beam slots that would have left around a +5mm gap under the front beam on the inside bolt hole

as the bolt is tightened up its pulling against the hull

The hull is resisting but is under a large amount of tension
The more I think about it, the boat rigged and sailing would have been far less stressfull on that part of the hull
add in a badly designed trailer that works at the hulls like cracking a whip

& I guess it was just a matter of when not if


thoughts ??