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Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
By:John Abercrombie
Date: 10/20/2012, 11:40 am
In Response To: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid (Dave McKinney)

: Hello All,
: I am toying with the idea of building a Point Bennet but with a
: strip deck. I've build an Outer Island and a Guillemot, but
: those forms are are already a part of the plans. It seems for
: this type of boat (a hybrid) you would have to make your own
: forms for the deck, but how is this done?

It's possible to use the plans for a strip deck (from plans you own) and modify them for a different (S&G) hull. I put a modified Black Pearl deck on a narrowed Arctic Tern hull last year. The only critical thing is to get the seat/cockpit in the right spot in the hull.

:I don't have access to
: any fancy CAD/CAM design software nor am I going to buy any, so
: is there an alternate method?

Get a copy of Allan Vaitses book "Lofting", rip a 4x8 sheet to make a 2 x 16 work table, use some strips as battens, and loft the boat in the traditional way. Using the traditional method was what I did to correct/fair my plans when I built my 'generic Brit boat'. It works fine.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Dave McKinney -- 10/20/2012, 9:05 am
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
John Abercrombie -- 10/20/2012, 11:40 am
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 10/20/2012, 2:13 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 10/20/2012, 2:22 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
John Abercrombie -- 10/20/2012, 5:26 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Marc Upchurch -- 10/20/2012, 5:34 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Craig Robinson -- 10/20/2012, 5:48 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
John Abercrombie -- 10/20/2012, 7:53 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2012, 12:34 am
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Sean Dawe -- 10/20/2012, 7:59 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Dave McKinney -- 10/20/2012, 9:20 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Sean Dawe -- 10/20/2012, 9:38 pm
Re: S&G: Turning and S&G into a hybrid
Don Goss -- 10/20/2012, 10:48 pm