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Re: Night heron form spacing problems!!!! *PIC*

By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 10/18/2014, 4:24 pm

In Response To: Night heron form spacing problems!!!! *PIC* (daveg)

Between forms 3 to 13 the spacing is 12 then at 14-15 it's goofy?
Why?

I haven't built that boat or used Nick's plans - hopefully somebody who has will chime in soon.
However, on most boats, I've needed to 'switch' the orientation of the forms at the beamiest part of the boat (i.e. in the middle). This generally means that the spacing between the two forms in the middle is less than the rest.
The idea is that, since the forms aren't bevelled (in most builds), you need to keep in mind how the strips will lie along the form. The form is just there to make sure the strip falls on the designed station line.
Perhaps this will not make much sense - here's a sketch:

You should definitely check with the designer to get the correct info on this, as the plans may have a 'correction' to compensate.

However, when I watched part of the video where Nick is threading the forms on the Al beam, he says something about 'facing the end of the kayak', IIRC/
Or, you may already have taken care of that detail, and there's another explanation... ;-)