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Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/25/2009, 1:33 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot? (Andy Boyd)

: Yes, the hull is quite tight on the forms - which may be related to my
: hand-lofting the plans, a cutout that smoothed the forms, or strips that,
: while flat, are just laying wrong. I think that laying a keel centerline
: might have caused me to cut a corner on the steepest part of the form, so
: that while it's laying flat, it also flattens out the steepest part of the
: curve.

Nothing wrong with hand lofting forms, if one couldn't do that I'd never build a boat. You do have to be careful to follow the design or you can end up with a boat that's untried as it's not the one designed.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Andy Boyd -- 10/21/2009, 4:08 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot? *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 10/22/2009, 7:36 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2009, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Brad Tucker -- 10/23/2009, 9:03 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Andy Boyd -- 10/22/2009, 11:14 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2009, 4:39 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Andy Boyd -- 10/22/2009, 11:09 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2009, 1:33 am
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
dsmithla -- 10/22/2009, 5:20 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2009, 11:40 am
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot? *LINK* *Pic*
Ian Johnson -- 10/22/2009, 6:48 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
dsmithla -- 10/23/2009, 11:52 am
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2009, 5:30 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
David S. -- 10/23/2009, 8:26 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot? *LINK*
Ian Johnson -- 10/22/2009, 6:53 am
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Andy Boyd -- 10/22/2009, 10:58 pm
Re: Strip: How much "pinch" in a Guillemot?
Ian Johnson -- 10/23/2009, 3:25 am