> How about this? anyone have expereince putting a stripped deck on a
> chesapeake 17 or 18? Cost implications? time? overall vessel integrity?
> etc.

> Cheers, Dan

I haven't done it yet, but am thinking about making Cape Charles with stripped deck. The problem I have is figuring out how many and what the dimensions of the temporary forms would need to be. I think this could be figured out once the hull is put together, but I was hoping to figure out forms ahead of time and use them to help assemble the hull. Does anyone have any input on how to deterimine the deck form dimesions ahead of time? I assume that with the deck dimesions on the Chesapeaks curved decks, that the top radius of the forms would stay the same along the entire length of the boat. Any easy way to figure form dimension at points along the boat below the deck line? Also would you need deck forms spaced every foot typical of the completely strip build boat?