I don't mind you making copies of the forms for your own use. I would only mind if you gave the intact plans to someone else to build a second boat w/o paying for the plans.

Reproductions will always have some error. This is generally all right if all the drawings get the same error. In that case it is just a scaling which shouldn't hurt much.

Put together the forms and lay strips on them. If the strips run smooth and fair, the boat will work fine. You can put shims under strips that are having problems.

> This is a slightly embarrasing admission, but being a first time builder,
> I hadn't the confidence to scissor out the form patterns from the plans I
> ordered from Nick just in case I made a hash of it, so I (er!)photocopied
> the form cutouts and used these to make the forms. I understand that it
> probably infringed upon the copyright, but as my intention was purely to
> 'get it right' I didn't feel that it was very important to get permission
> to do this (I should have written and asked, I didn't, I am sorry). As it
> turned out the forms came out really well BUT for some reason the
> photocopied prints were not 100% accurate because my larger forms are
> 1-2mm short on height and 1-2mm long on width at either end, when I
> overlay the forms onto the original plan. The smaller forms are O.K.

> What I want to know is, will this make a noticable diference when I start
> to strip the hill, I really, really dont want to have to go out and buy
> another sheet of ply and start all over, but if I have to I will. Please
> advise.

> Thank you,

> Philip