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Re: Hullform 6s users

Posted By: David Anderson
Date: Friday, 28 May 1999, at 1:12 p.m.

In Response To: Hullform 6s users (dave hagen)

> along the same lines, has anyone used another program called Hulls found
> at http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html -to actually build a plywood
> boat that can give some idea on how accurate and fair the expanded panel
> shapes are? Would you fair to the points listed as dimensions, or just use
> them as guides to lay out a batten and just split the difference between
> the points?

I have built two boats that I designed using Carlson's "Hulls" program. You can check out some photos here: http://members.aol.com/hugedogs/ . I built the first one stitch-and-glue using the expanded panel offsets from the software. I did end up doing some fairing with a batten--don't know if this was needed becuase of inaccuracies from the software or because the design as viewed on my tiny computer screen wasn't fair in the first place?

For the second boat (the punt) I used the table of offsets (not the expanded panels) to loft the boat full size. I tweaked a couple of lines and then built the boat over a form with three molds plus the two transoms. Having tried both methods, I don't think I'll use stitch-and-glue again.

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Messages In This Thread

Hullform 6s users
dave hagen -- Thursday, 28 January 1999, at 1:17 a.m.

Re: Hullform 6s users
Burnie -- Thursday, 4 February 1999, at 4:55 p.m.

Re: Hullform 6s users
David Anderson -- Friday, 28 May 1999, at 1:12 p.m.

Re: Hullform 6s users
Scott Campbell -- Saturday, 27 September 2008, at 12:27 a.m.

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