"printing"

[windrose]

I was over on the MIR page looking at anchor lockers and some have used closed cell foam between the shelf for the divider and the hull to prevent "printing". I assume this means the shelf showing on the outside of the hull. Is this something I should be concerned with? I am thinking of a raised horizontal shelf to make a bit of dry storage below and then a divider on the horizontal shelf to keep the rodes seperated. Ideas/suggestions? Thanks

[FloatingMoneyPit]

Windrose - I wouldn't worry about the printing. You're working on a Triton, I assume?
I've done something similar in the lazarette of my Tartan 27, bonding 2 vertical fore-aft walls (3/4" marine ply) to connect cockpit to transom and support the deck there from below. I was worried about printing on the transom so I called West and spoke with a product engineer. He said not to bother with foam and all that stuff. On older, heavily laminated boats like ours, it's a non-issue. They recommend it for thin-skinned modern hulls and cheaply built powerboats.
On a related note--if memory serves--he claimed you could leave a gap as wide as 3/4" between the bulkhead and hull and lose little strength, assuming you tab properly and heavily.

Of course, my boat hasn't experienced the stress of a backstay yanking on it while running under full sail in a gust yet, so I'll reserve my full enthusiasm.

[FloatingMoneyPit]

By the way, I'm also considering an anchor locker for next season's project list. There's a nice article below if you haven't seen it already. The Cheoy Lee in the article is the same as on the cover of This Old Boat, if I'm not mistaken.
Would really be nice to keep the danforth off the pulpit and have a place to store fenders, washdown hose, etc.


http://www.practical-sailor.com/newspic ... locker.pdf

[Tim]

It's particularly a non-issue when you're talking about a simple, non-structural partition-type bulkhead or some such, like the anchor locker divider.

Most Tritons have a distinct hard spot in the hull right at the forward bulkhead (the chainplate bulkhead), so there is definitely a possibility of print-through in a structural, transverse situation. But in your anchor locker? Almost certainly not a problem.