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planetary convergence
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 9/30/1999, 3:05 pm
In Response To: Guillemot cockpit forms (Rick Lawler)

Refer to the thread started earlier today: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/cgi-bin/KBbbs.cgi?read=17618

> I am starting the process of building a guillemot and am just at the stage
> of drawing out the full scale forms. My question is about forms 8, 9 and
> 10--the ones that are in the cockpit region. I'm assuming that just these
> three forms are the ones that Nick says you want to make with a removable
> top for ease of making the recessed cockpit, which uses strips placed
> across the boat. The problem is that in the table of offsets for the
> guillemot there are several blank spaces for forms 8,9 and 10 and there
> are only data points up to the point where the deck stops and from there
> you draw a horizontal line to the centerline. If you're supposed to make a
> "full form" for the deck strips to rest on then where do you get
> the additional offset and height numbers for this top
> "removable" portion of these three forms?

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot cockpit forms
Rick Lawler -- 9/30/1999, 1:36 pm
planetary convergence
Ross Leidy -- 9/30/1999, 3:05 pm