This past weekend we took our nicely scarfed blanks (two side panels and two bottom panels for each boat) and marked the contours of the actual shapes we'll be cutting from them. This is done by measuring at foot long intervals (stations) down the length of the blank and reading from the plans to see at each station how far up the lower contour of the panel will be and how far up the upper contour will be. I don't have a super picture to clear up that confusing description... but it may become clear as we get a little farther along. Next we'll basically play connect the dots to make a fair line that follows all of these points along each contour and we'll cut out the pieces to stitch into a boat! This weekend's work was exciting in that it started to look more like boats that we're building, rather than just really long strips of wood.
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