[quote=pknapp66]The beams on the 21SE are telescopic. Basically a tube inside a tube that slide apart and then they are held
into place with large tapered pins that pass through holes drilled in both tubes. You can see in his pictures the
bearing saddles that are riveted to the inner tube that are supposed to take up slop but still allow the tubes to
slide. If it were me and i felt there was too much slop, I would drill the rivets out of the bearing saddles and make an aluminum shim to go under them to tighten things up. I would also see if the oversize tapered pins
are available. Using epoxy to make the beams permanent will make selling the boat in the future difficult as
most won't be comfortable towing the boat full width. Good luck with it. The 21Se is an awesome boat. You should bring her back home in September for the Roton Point Regatta.[/quote]
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