Boatbuilding fever WTF is wrong with me?

squirell nutkin · 07-31-2010, 10:51 AM

Here's a plan for a Bermuda Sloop. I built a scale model of this a few years ago and I just dug it out from under the sawdust and mold in my basement. When it is presentable, I'll post a photo of the model. I have to find the sails.

I like the "excessive sail area."

I'm probably going to build something more like this, however:

glatt · 07-31-2010, 08:04 PM

Is there enough information on those plans to actually build a boat hull?

I'm familiar with tables of offsets to cut plywood panels into the proper shape for a stitch and glue, and tables to cut forms to the proper shape for a stripper, but I'm not sure how you would turn a plan like this into an actual boat. Do you somehow take measurements off the plans to make the bow and ribs of the boat? I assume once you have that, you can just fit planking to that skeleton without a plan.

How's it work?

squirell nutkin · 07-31-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Is there enough information on those plans to actually build a boat hull?

I'm familiar with tables of offsets to cut plywood panels into the proper shape for a stitch and glue, and tables to cut forms to the proper shape for a stripper, but I'm not sure how you would turn a plan like this into an actual boat. Do you somehow take measurements off the plans to make the bow and ribs of the boat? I assume once you have that, you can just fit planking to that skeleton without a plan.

How's it work?

Not without a lot of work, there is no table of offsets, so you'd have to get a teensy tape measure and measure out all the lines as drawn, then scale them up (loft them) and then you'd still probably need to fidget a lot to get things fair.

I read somewhere "A cabinet maker builds to the nearest 1/32nd, a carpenter to the nearest 1/8th, and a boat builder to the nearest boat." Indicating the inexactness of the whole process, in other words as long as it's fair.

Here's a table of offsets for one of my top 5. (When I have some more time, I'll make smaller jpegs of the lot and post them.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is there enough information on those plans to actually build a boat hull? I'm familiar with tables of offsets to cut plywood panels into the proper shape for a stitch and glue, and tables to cut forms to the proper shape for a stripper, but I'm not sure how you would turn a plan like this into an actual boat. Do you somehow take measurements off the plans to make the bow and ribs of the boat? I assume once you have that, you can just fit planking to that skeleton without a plan. How's it work?

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