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Matt Colie Matt Colie is offline
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Default Lengthing an 11 foot Sailboat

Ted,

The construction plans as posted at
http://boatdesign.net/boat-plans-arc...dycat-plan.htm and
http://boatdesign.net/boat-plans-arc...dycat-plan.htm
are incomplete.

The information required to construct the frames is not there. Some of
this could be scaled off the drawing, but the sides above the chine will
be very difficult to get correct on the first try.

If you are not a very experienced boatbuilder, this would not be a good
place to start. (I am a naval architect and marine engineer and have
been building small boats on and off for most of my near sixty years and
I would have a very hard time working from the posted material.)

Yes - Some blue print services could bring out some of the faded lines
somewhat, but blue print services (very rare these days) largely just
print a copy of the drawing you give them. If you are diligent, you
could do as well to get large prints of your files and recreate the
lines with a batten. I did have a local office that I did use, but they
have disappeared with the advent of electronic drawing handling (now a
days offices set up an FTP where you can get to and download the IGES
file you need.)

It does look like a pretty little boat, and if you really want to
attempt this, then the very scaled build would be the only place to
start. Keep complete notes of your measurements and corrections (make a
few small changes and sell the design as your own). If you do add a
couple of feet to the LOA then it is your design.

Good Luck
Matt Colie