> I'm intregued by how many of you chessie builders are saying
> the boat is crooked. It raises my curiousity as to is it the builders
> or is it in the plans some how. I could see it if it was a true flat
> bottom like the millcreek and you used a crooked bilge template to
> trace from, but if it's offsets, and the chessies bottom is not flat,
> I don't quite get it. Any thoughts, anyone gotten a goo answer from
> Chris at CLC?

How many of us are there? I only know of me and one other person who posted. Anyhow, I suspect it is not CLC. I have a suspicion that part of the problem may have been a slight imbalance in the warping tendency due to the fact that I had the scarf on one bottom panel facing one way and the scarf on the other facing the other. Also, I noticed a small warp in the end of the bottom chine as I was building. It was small and I hoped it would have no effect. I tried to twist it out and got most of it out but a little remained. I probably should have worked with it some more before epoxying. I don't really know, but as I recall, all of the left and right parts fit on each other fine without any assymetries prior to my stitching it. I suspect it is just one of those experience things.

Dave