Hi Steve,

I say cut your cockpit with the jigsaw resting on the deck so you have a solid and comfortable rest for the saw and you can then concentrate on cutting along the line you've drawn for the cockpit shape rather than trying to hold your saw at a right angle to the floor.

If you are using Nick's vertical strip method, as I did, for your cockpit combing you will want to use a rasp or course sandpaper to make the edge of your newly cut cockpit opening vertical so strips for your cockpit are vertical when you glue them in.

Happy building, hope this helps.

Ken

: Hello all. Almost done stripping the deck, should be able to finish over this
: weekend. Gonna cut the recess next. The boat is a Guillemot. The question
: is, do I cut the recess with a cut that is vertical (relative to the
: floor), Or at an angle(perpendicular to the deck surface)? I'm leaning
: toward a perpendicular cut. This would give me some bearing surface to
: glue to. Any advice? I'll post some updated pics to my sight probably
: Sunday night..Thanx for all the help..Steve