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Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern
By:Glen G
Date: 5/22/2011, 12:59 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Petrel bow & stern (Mike Bielski)

: 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.

: m

So if I started stripping parallel to the waterline, then, when I get to the sheerline, I would eventually end up with a full length strip with a sheerline shaped piece taken out of the side of it, is that correct?
From then on, the bow & stern cheater strips wouldn't need that super fine trim.

Glen G

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