: On my boats the next to the last stations sometimes appear high to people
: too.

: What's happening is that the keel strips are going from horizontal to
: vertical at the stems. As each keel strip makes that twist, these strips
: go from butting edges, to running side by side AND running above the last
: station to make contact for glue-up. You have to make a rolling bevel to
: achieve this. The next to last stations force the strips to contact at
: roughly a 45 degree angle and then the strips are almost vertical with 50%
: of their width needed for gluing contact. This means the strips, while
: nearly flat on the next to last station, jut up about 3/8" above the
: last/or stem station. This makes the next to last stations look high.

: Making the rolling bevel needed to mate the keel strips at the stems is not
: hard, but the problem is, with the bevel taking 50% of the strip width at
: the stems, there is not much strip left to contact the station.

: What I suggest in my plans it to forget the rolling bevel and just, split the
: keel strips at the stems, leaving a gap at the top of the stem and place
: the full strip width against the station at the keel. Then you can go back
: a fill this gap with scrap strips. This eliminates the rolling bevel and
: makes holding the strip to the stem station easy.

: The next to last stations on my designs look higher even after stripping the
: keel, because I go back later to fill this gap by adding strips pieces on
: top of the stems

: All the best,

: Rob Macks
: Laughing Loon CC&K
: www.LaughingLoon.com

this apparent offset starts in the middle of the cockpit and remaines the same untill I reach the stern form.

sage