: I'll assume you are mainly confused by using offsets. In the
: Folding Kayak Builders Manual go to the Frame Building Section,
: and read "Using Offsets".
: The Folding manual is the oldest of the three, and as such contains
: the most info as I'm not prone to repeat myself :) Folks
: building the wood frame
: kayaks sometimes fail to read the other manuals, and I recommend
: you read all three.

: I'm often asked why I don't provide full size cross sections
: drawing. It's not that I can't as I have the software, it's
: because I always build my own boats
: from offsets, and as such see no reason to provide other builders
: of my boats with methods different than I use. If this were a
: business, which it isn't,
: I'd likely provide them.

: Besides, offsets are unique, and add to the learning experience. I
: always enjoy creating a boat from numbers :)

: Tom

I do too :)

Also I've always done it that way, so it seems quite normal, course with bigger boats you get to loft the lines, something we can avoid with the kayaks.

Bill H.