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  1. Right now I'm looking at the Cape Falcon F1, or something similar (12 - 15 feet, general purpose boat). The survey has data at specific intervals, but I'm looking to use 6 frames, most of which aren't on those intervals. I also input the offsets from the Curlew to see how the curve fitting looked, and it was pretty close. Mike
  2. I'm planning to buld a Greenland-style kayak using the fuselage technique. To try and determine the offsets, I measured a diagram of the boat that had "slices" roughly every foot and entered the heights and widths into Excel (one sheet of X-Y and one sheet of X-Z data). I then plotted them in an XY plot and added a curved trendline. The resulting curves look pretty accurate an I think I can extrapolate offsets from them. So, my questions are: 1: Has anyone else tried this? 2: Does it sound like a valid technique? Thanks. Mike
  3. I'm still in the reading process - I finished "Fuselage Frame Boats" and am waiting on "More Fuselage Frame Boats" in the mail (which may have the answer). The book talks about making holes in the cloth before screwing the 3 layer coaming into place but I didn't see how to determine where the holes should be. Am I supposed to drill the holes in the top 2 layers first, and use them as a template for the holes in the cloth? As it stands, I think I'll be gathering materials in the fall for a late winter/early spring building session. Thanks! Mike
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