> I built the North Star from Rob Macks and had the same broblems with
> fairing.

> What I did to correct the problem was as follows.

> 1) Establish the location of the bow and stern stations first as per
> plans.

> 2) Using clamps to hold the remaining stations to the L-brackets and the
> L-brackets to the strongback, begin with the stations positioned as per
> the plans.

> 3) Establish the rocker by measuring from the string to the station at the
> centerline.

> 4) Make certain the centerline is plumb by using a carpenters level (set
> verticlally).

> 5) Screw the stations to the L-brackets.

> 6) Without moving the largest station or the bow and stern stations move
> the remaing stations forward or back till the sheer lines and hull are all
> faired. They shouldn't have to be moved much and some stations won't move
> at all (if I remember right it was the half stations which mostly needed
> to be moved). Use a strip along each sheer line to test for fairness. I
> found that some of the sheer lines drawn on the stations were a little (up
> to about a half an inch) high or low (many of them were in the correct
> position). Test the hull in several places for fairness as the hull
> fairness should override the sheer lines drawn on the stations as
> transfered from the full size template halves.

> Since the templates are transfered in halves to make the stations the one
> line on the station which you should be able to trust is the centerline.

> It is important that the stations are square to the strongback centerline
> both vertically and horizontally.

> Many hours were used up in getting everything to the point where the hull
> and sheer lines were fair.

> 7) Strip the hull and tail section.

> 8) The deck will now be fair except a couple stations which had to be
> modified by cutting off a bit, and a couple stations which had to be built
> up a bit.

> After all this I made sure to mark the position of EVERYTHING so that if I
> build another I will not need to go through that again.

> The North Star is truly a beautiful boat. I haven't finished mine to the
> point of getting it wet so I don't know how well it performs in the water
> but I am close and hoping it will have been worth the added hassels.

> Most likely my next project will be a Gillimot Expedition.

> Douglas Kuik

Hi Douglas

Thanks for taking the time to let me know what you did!!!! I really apprecate the help. Tonight I will get back to re-working the plans, and I will let you know how it goes.

Cheers: Brian