: Are you going to be building the Sea Kayaker boat this winter, Pete? I have
: the panels and forms in CAD and can send you full-sized plots if you like.
: Could even send you a scaled down version if you want to make a model or
: something.

Guilty as charged. Thinking about it anyway, after I finish the Silver and the
CLC SailRig, both sitting now at about 80%. Heavy sigh. So many boats, so little time...

: My reason for doing all of this in CAD is that I was hoping to make a
: stripped version. And dadgumit if Paul G. Jacobsen didn't think of it
: first (again!). He recently posted that he'd thought about making a
: stripped version of a stitcher by making stripped panels, cutting them to
: shape, glassing one side, and stitching it together. (Actually, if memory
: serves, someone actually did this a couple years ago and posted pictures
: here.)

Right, that was Pete Roszyk and a CLC West River 180. He said it was the
Project From Hell, and would never do it again.

: I plan on making station forms and stripping as usual on a
: strongback, because I want the hull side strips to follow the shear.
: Making panels and cutting the panels out of them would leave an
: odd-looking intersection between panels. If I strip it as usual, I can put
: a strip at the shear, a strip at the chine, and do cheater strips to make
: a nice transititon. Stripping on forms will still be a quick job, though,
: because there will be no need for cove-and-bead or any beveling between
: strips on the hull. The only area on the deck that will need beveling is
: the area over your legs -- the rest of the deck I plan on making flat.

We are both on the same page here. The plans have only the 2 permanent bulkheads and 1 temporary, and 6 cradles. 3 more forms could easily be drawn from the cradles. Are you developing the shapes for additional forms?

: And if all of this goes as planned, I need to set me up a website, too...

I would like to explore this a little farther, so will give you a shout by email.