Floorboard upgrade

published 05/22/2023

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Can floorboards be upgraded and what are the parameters?
(Note: this question was originally submitted during the 2022 rules rewrite and was the impetus for clarification in the new version of the rules.)

Rule C.7.5 (b) applies:
(b) MANDATORY 
     (1) Floorboards shall be fitted and may be modified, repaired or replaced and shall comply with the following rules: 
          (i) MATERIALS 
               (A) In addition to Standard Materials (See H.1), closed cell foam is permitted. 
          (ii) CONSTRUCTION 
               (A) The design and construction of the floorboards is optional, except that they shall be easily removable and the top surface of the floorboards shall be a
                     single horizontal plane. 
               (B) The floorboards may be fastened in position at the keelson and at two locations on each side. 
               (C) At each fastening point the hull may be reinforced for a maximum area of 75 mm x 75 mm using Standard Materials (See H.1) 
               (D) The openings between the floorboards and hull may be bridged with flexible materials such as tape or mesh. 
               (E) The floorboards may extend to the inside surface of the hull. 
               (F) The floorboards shall contact the hull with not more than five transverse members; 
          (iii) DIMENSIONS
                [see table in class rules]
          (iv) LIMITATIONS 
               (A) The floorboards shall be constructed such that the top surface shall contain a rectangle with minimum dimensions of 1780 mm x 810 mm.

Submittd by the Hong Kong Fleet

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