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I did the same as dougster with the laser level. I made some marks along the laser line and then connected the dots with masking tape. Getting the laser line on the side near the wall was a little tricky.

Is your goal to glass exactly to the waterline? If so I would ask why?
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No not at the water line. This is just to get a reference for the boat level.
I am thinking to glass around the blue line with the 12 oz bi axial cloth.
This is up to where I will have the anti fouling paint.
Above this top side I was intending to use a lighter woven cloth

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Gotcha.

To find my waterline, I measured up roughly 5" from the lowest point the transom since my boat is supposed to draft 5" at the designed load weight. I fudge-factored it a little since

1. I don't have a skeg(I think the draft includes a 1" skeg)
2. know my boat will be heavier than the designed hull weight.
3. scaled my boat by 10%, which throws off just about everything.
4. The lowest point on the transom is not the deepest point on the boat, I think.......

In my case, it doesn't really matter but if I was trying to find a a target level for bottom paint I may look for a little more precision, or just take a worst-case scenario and run the bottom paint up to that mark. Better to have an extra inch of bottom paint showing than to have an inch of crap growing on the boat.
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Just to be clear; on my boat, the theoretical waterline is highlighted below. The other lines are part of the graphic.
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SILENT WISH wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:35 am Thank you Dougster.
So the water line is parallel to the stringers.
I put a red line representing the water line.
The blue line is where I will paint the anti fouling.
It looks ok but welcome any more advice.
I know I have not done the fiber glassing yet but wanted to see how far up I should fiber glass.

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I would fiberglass the entire hull, regardless of where the water line stops.
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gstanfield wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:53 am I would fiberglass the entire hull, regardless of where the water line stops.
I suspect this is pretty common and probably a good use of extra weight. The plans only call for glass 6" above the chine, which is what I did.

In hindsight, glassing to the sheer would have made fairing the sides a lot easier.
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VT_Jeff wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:11 am
gstanfield wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:53 am I would fiberglass the entire hull, regardless of where the water line stops.
I suspect this is pretty common and probably a good use of extra weight. The plans only call for glass 6" above the chine, which is what I did.

In hindsight, glassing to the sheer would have made fairing the sides a lot easier.
After cutting a boat up with my chainsaw and throwing it away due to checking of the plywood I won’t build another that isn’t fully glassed.
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gstanfield wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:43 pm After cutting a boat up with my chainsaw and throwing it away due to checking of the plywood I won’t build another that isn’t fully glassed.
Understandable, that had to be heartbreaking! JM does say in the plans to use a lighter cloth if you're planning on glassing the entire outside. Are you glassing both sides of every surface?
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VT_Jeff wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:59 pm
gstanfield wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:43 pm After cutting a boat up with my chainsaw and throwing it away due to checking of the plywood I won’t build another that isn’t fully glassed.
Understandable, that had to be heartbreaking! JM does say in the plans to use a lighter cloth if you're planning on glassing the entire outside. Are you glassing both sides of every surface?
The last few boats I’ve done both sides of every panel, yes. In many cases it’s just 4oz woven which hardly adds any weight, but gives me peace of mind.
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gstanfield wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:38 pm The last few boats I’ve done both sides of every panel, yes. In many cases it’s just 4oz woven which hardly adds any weight, but gives me peace of mind.
Gotcha. You have me thinking about ordering some light fabric. Do you get a commission? :lol:
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