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Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck *PIC*
By:Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 4/10/2017, 3:02 pm
In Response To: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck (Mark Catterson)

I am building a Great Auk design from Nick Schade. I'm planning to do a cockpit recess with strips, not plywood. The Auk design has a pretty strong inverted V-shape for the bow of the deck.

When I put a strip perpendicular to the V-shaped deck, the two parts don't match up at all. I've noticed that most of the online images of cockpit recesses show a fairly flat deck profile.

I'm a first-time builder, so I have to ask: Can you do a cockpit recess with a V-shaped deck? If so, what's the best technique? Do you just plane off the parts of the strip the project beyond the V? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I do a different style of recessed cockpit coaming than Nick. However you could recess the front and back if you wished.

I cut the deck on a line parallel to the coaming about 2-1/2" further out and remove a section from the middle to drop this to make the recess. Then I fill the gap with vertical strips slightly angled forward.

This works well on a peaked deck.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck
Mark Catterson -- 4/10/2017, 1:55 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/10/2017, 3:02 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck
Mark Catterson -- 4/10/2017, 4:29 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit recess for a V-shaped deck *PIC*
Justin -- 4/11/2017, 4:07 am