All this talk of me doing more sanding on the bottom really cracks me up!
Happy Saturday my fellow boat bums! We have glorious weather here today so I'm inside with Danielle solving a minor issue with the rub rails.
After looking at Jacques drawings for the top edge of the side panels I wanted to shift the dimensions to accommodate cutting these from a single panel. After moving eight foot sections in my CAM system I could not get dimensions I could easily measure. Plus I didn't think the batten I used would bend the same over so few points.
My solution is to tape up poster board sections wider than the 2" wide rub rail I intend. I left that hanging below the edge of the boat. Once it was over the entire side I used a razor against the edge of the boat and cut the waste paper even.
Here is Danielle doing her impression of a Price is Right model.
She is so much fun to be around. 
Now I take a small square and mark a 2" line from transom to bow. If you do this keep your left thumb against your right ring finger to keep the square and pencil moving together. Your hands are very stable this way.
Everything above the line is waste. This should allow me to move this template around on the plywood to minimize waste. I know I can get one layer from a single sheet for both sides. I may use two layer of 1/4" though. I will mock it up before I decide.
