Bill - Right on, that was one of the attractions of the Ariel, for me.The guy with the CD26 said he is going to be staying at our marina, so I'll have to take a turnbuckle or something over, take a pic of the two for a comparison to post here on the site, it's so evident.
As an aside, I look at every boat in this size range which comes through the marina, none have the strong rigs we have... In fact, most late vintage boats (Ben-ter-lina's, primarily) have even smaller scantlings on boats which are 3-4' longer than ours. Not that I'd expect different there...
Ebb - I looked all over for an interior shot of the CD25D which illustrates how the mast/bulkhead/strongB is set up on that model, couldn't find one... wah. Looking at the line drawings I could find, it is obvious that the mast sits well *aft* of the forward bulkhead location, so it would be interesting to see if there is any kind of evident internal reinforcement on those boats...
I didn't knock on the trunk sides of the 26, but shall. It would seem that the sides must primarily be under compression from the mast, if they need no reinforcement from other structure... Still, I will build mine up a bit. Tapping on them just now, they seem to have more of a solid sound than the deck. I don't think there is coring in there, is there? Have you seen any during your (de)construction?
The sidedecks on the 26 are obviously strengthened against compressive forces from the mast/rig by some sort of side-strongback, you can see it in the pics. That fits in with my plan to have my eventualbeam wrap down around and under the sidedecks...
The chainplates on the 26 are through-deck, connected to knees on the hull, just like the Ariel.
CD's have a reputation as generally well-found boats. Judging from what I could see, it seemed put together with at least as much care as an Ariel, or perhaps a bit more.
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