: hi there. i have decided to build a Ted Moores relience tandem from his
: book"kayak craft"and cannot decipher his charts. i believe his
: gives you all the numbers but does not tell you how to turn these into
: plans.there are four sets of numbers,the hull table of heights, hull table
: of breadths,deck table of heights,deck table of breadths. there are 20
: stations,station 18 in the hull table of heights for example has three
: columns of #s, sheer 0-06-4 ,2" buttock 1-03-3+ 4"buttock
: 1-02-0+ ive been staring at these numbers for days i just cant figure it
: out help would be much appreciated

How to use the offset tables in "Kayakcraft" is somewhat less than clear in the book, especially establishing a base line to work from. Search back through the posts in Peer Talk on the Bear Mountain Web Site. On December 8 and 9, 1999, there were several posts by Steve Killing about laying out the offsets from "Kayakcraft." There is a sketch included in one of the posts that should help clear things up a little. There are also additional offsets given for the stems of some of the kayaks in "Kayakcraft" elsewhere on the site.

Hope this helps.

James