: Thanks Bill.

: I take it that you feel that the Sea Tour 15 might actually be
: easier to build because it would be easier to bend the
: stringers.

: I can't tell you how grateful I am for your help. Being an absolute
: beginner, I would like to keep this first boat as simple as
: possible. Besides I'm an artist not an engineer. When I see all
: those number my head starts to swim.

: What advantage does the multi-chine have over the single chine.

: Rusty in Annapolis

Hmm, I Can't speak directly to multi chine question as I have yet to paddle mine. but I am building a Sea Tour 15 EXP ( mostly because I am too fat for the others). it is a multi chine design and honestly there is nothing realy hard about it. I have over thought a few things and gotten confused a few times and come here for answers. The numbers thing with the cross sections is really quite simple. If you go to any Big Box store and purchase a metal straight edge (yard stick) just look for one that has both metric and SAE markings on it. Then use the metric offsets, that will eliminate all of the math. What I did was to make me some templates of the Cross sections. I should take some pictures I basically just drew a base line and a centerline on a piece of card board then put a small hole at all of the offset points, so I can use my template and a finishing nail to transfer them to the wood. There is really no math in "lofting" you offsets, it is just measuring ( provided you use the metric ones or have an engineering scale so that you don't have to convert to fractional inches ) under the wood frame construction portion Tom has a section devoted on using the offsets. I would suggest getting a large piece of paper and trying it. if you still have questions come back and ask some more.

Dan