Super Light SC16

[cape man]

Taped the other sides. May start stitching her together tomorrow.

[cape man]

And then it looked like a boat!

[topwater]

Nice

[ks8]

[jacquesmm]

Nice bow shape.

[cape man]

Nice bow shape.

Thanks Jacques. I like it too, but it may be a problem. I cannot get the wood to bend to conform with frame A which would flatten out (round out) the bow aft, and there is a visible dip (maybe 1/4") in the hull between A and B. It isn't ugly, and since I'm not building a planing boat I'm not real worried about performance. Is frame A meant to go all the way to the bottom? I'm a good 2 - 3" above it.

My plan was to build the hull, glass the outside, flip her over, pull all the frames, build a gunwale/rub rail, and then see what the weight is and how stiff it is. From there I will work with you to see what needs to go inside to keep the sides and bottom from moving too much while screaming across the water with a 2 hp engine

[cape man]

Here's two more pics.



I like the lines from here...




Looking down this way you can see the slight dip in between the bow and frame B. Again, I am not worried too much.



The frames and transom are currently a single piece of 4mm, so there's a slight bow in the upper side of them. I will fix that once I have it flipped back over.

[jacquesmm]

Don't worry about that camber. Not all pieces of plywood are going to bend exactly the same way.
Give priority to fairness, let the panels take their natural shape. Do no push them against the frames, let them float.
Plus, a 1/4" gap is nothing with this building method.
It looks good from here.

[cape man]

Thanks Jacques. Confirms my thoughts.

[ks8]

If anyone else ever does notice it, you could ask, "Do you have any idea how much work it was to put that little dip in there, to give this hull that personalized bit of character??" ..... or not.

Looks very clean smo-o-o-o-o-othhhhhh