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Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 5/22/2011, 12:14 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern (Glen G)

: Thanks Mike, I don't understand "Then you only fit the butt
: joint at the sheer strip".

: I was also wondering whether all the cheater strips could be run
: past the sheer strip before it was fixed in place and then all
: trimmed off with one cut and then the sheer strip fitted,
: similar to how the hull strips are run past the centreline and
: all trimmed at once. Did that make sense?

: Glen G

You can run all of your strips parallel to the waterline, and strip right over the sheer line, but then you have to use a batten to line off the sheer line and trim it pretty accurately or your sheer line will be lumpy and stand out as an obvious flaw.

If you put a strip down along the sheer line, you'll be able to run your strips parallel to your waterline until at some point the strip will touch the sheer strip in the middle. At that point you'll have to fit a strip at the bow and the stern separately, and butt them up against the sheer strip after you shape the end to fit the curvature of the sheer strip. The advantage of doing it this way is that the sheer strip acts as your batten, and will give you a nice smooth sheer.

I know the way you said to run the hull, but I actually did the same thing on my hull, by running a pair of strips bevelled to fit the center line on either side of the center line, then I fitted my hull strips to this centerline.

It doesn't matter as long as the whole thing gets covered.

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Messages In This Thread

Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 2:47 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/21/2011, 3:35 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 4:44 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/21/2011, 7:36 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 4:42 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Les Cheeseman -- 5/22/2011, 12:35 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 5:19 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/21/2011, 3:42 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 5:40 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/21/2011, 8:08 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/21/2011, 10:56 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mark Rakestraw -- 5/21/2011, 4:47 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mike Bielski -- 5/21/2011, 4:59 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Erik Jensen -- 5/21/2011, 5:44 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mark Rakestraw -- 5/21/2011, 7:15 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mike Bielski -- 5/21/2011, 6:03 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 11:23 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/21/2011, 6:33 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:30 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 12:08 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/22/2011, 12:34 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mike Bielski -- 5/21/2011, 8:25 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Joe whitman -- 5/21/2011, 4:55 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/21/2011, 11:34 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mike Bielski -- 5/22/2011, 12:14 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 12:59 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Mike Bielski -- 5/22/2011, 9:33 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:34 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 1:23 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/22/2011, 2:14 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 2:48 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Allan -- 5/22/2011, 3:28 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 6:13 am
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Glen G -- 5/22/2011, 5:15 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 6:08 am