Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment ROCKER
By:Jim Kozel
Date: 8/9/2003, 3:40 pm

Hi Jesper -

Another measurement that is very critical to a successful building project is the correct "rocker" set up on your forms. Rocker refers to how much the bow and stern, along the keel, will curve upward. Rocker has a profound effect on tracking and manueverability. That is a measurement I check while I'm building, too, in case the strips start to pull the overall shape out of alignment. Rocker will be determined by how you set up the forms. A half inch on those dimensions is huge. So, set up the forms in proper alignment, then check the rocker measurement for each form. It will be a measurement from the keel tip of the form to a line or string run across the top of the keel. The rocker number for each form should be in those offsets.

: Jesper

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strognback *Pic*
jesper bach -- 8/9/2003, 8:20 am
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment ROCKER
Jim Kozel -- 8/9/2003, 3:40 pm
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strogn *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Frederick -- 8/9/2003, 1:06 pm
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strogn *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 8/9/2003, 9:41 am
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strong
jesper bach -- 8/9/2003, 10:33 am
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strong
JJ Atkinson -- 8/9/2003, 12:49 pm
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strong
Dave -- 8/14/2003, 10:54 pm
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strong
JJ Atkinson -- 8/15/2003, 12:48 pm
Re: Strip: Hints needed : Form alignment on strogn
Glen Longino -- 8/9/2003, 9:07 am
Re:Form alignment on strongback
Mike Scarborough -- 8/9/2003, 9:04 am