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Strip: section mold dimensions
By:Rachel Caplan
Date: 5/5/2008, 2:24 pm

I will be building a strip built Guillemot later this month, and have almost finished plotting out the section molds from the offset tables in Nick's book. (The regular guillemot, not the expedition, the play, the double, or any of the other related boats). My question is this. Going from section 12 back to 16, as the keel is starting to point down going into the stern, there is a growing curve right next to the keel as you move to the back of the boat. The book only gives measurements at the centerline and the 1" buttockline, and I find myself doing more guessing than I want to about the shape of the line leading into the keel.

Does anyone know, or can anyone who bought computer generated plans for this boat check their section molds, and give me the exact depth below waterline at the 1/2 inch mark out from the centerline? I'd like to have those to plot the curve more precisely in sections 12-16.

This is a great resource, btw, I don't know if I would have ever had the guts to jump into this if there wasn't so much great information out there.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help me get the keel shape exactly right.