I read your post on the cormorant and was wondering about the offsets for the side panels.I have drawn them out and it looks like it goes with a fair curve from station 0 to station 60 then station 72 goes up to about station 72 then back down then proceeds with a fair curve back up to the end.I was wondering if you followed the offsets to a tee or did you start at station 0 use and follow a fair curve all the way to station 195 7/8 (so it would look like a bannana shape or did you keep the hump in the middle) also I wondered about the displacement I go about 230# I know the max limit was 225# but said it could be loaded a bit more should I make it 17ft or could I get away with the 230 # 0n the 16ft? (Be used as a day boat mostly)

: Myrl, I'm in the middle of building a strip deck on a Cormorant 16 S&G hull.
: I cut deck beams for every foot of the boat and screwed them in place to
: use as forms for the deck. I'm now ready to fiberglass the outside of the
: deck. Then I'll remove the deck beams, glass the inside of the deck, and
: glue the deck to the sheer clamps. I'll plug the screw holes from the deck
: beams and paint the hull.
: Nick can probably enlighten you on this point, but if you use the Guillemot
: strip deck offsets for forms, you'll probably have to fiddle with the
: sheer a bit to get it to come out right. I tried to use Ted Moore's
: Resolute 16 strip deck offsets but finally gave up trying to fit the sheer
: and used a simple 16" radius for the fore deck and 24" radius
: for the aft deck. Good Luck. It will look great when you're done.
: Dave Kreiton