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Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
By:Ken Blanton
Date: 3/14/2012, 6:20 am
In Response To: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot' (george jung)

On my Outer Island I raised the foredeck a bit to gain foot room. I didn't raise all the forms ... just those from the forward edge of the cockpit to just past my feet ... I used a gradual taper ... they weren't all raised the same amount. I just cut the forms in half at the shear line and glued in a spacer. It's a common modification to the Outer Island ... hardly changes the lines at all ... still comes out lookin' sexy as all get out!

Ken Blanton

: Presumably the correct approach is to simply enhance the superior
: aspect of the forms going forward, to allow some wiggle room.
: Are there any particular guidelines, or is it trial by error?

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Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
george jung -- 3/13/2012, 7:52 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
John Abercrombie -- 3/13/2012, 9:34 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/14/2012, 10:29 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
John Abercrombie -- 3/14/2012, 2:11 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/14/2012, 3:41 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Bill Hamm -- 3/15/2012, 2:45 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Bill Hamm -- 3/15/2012, 2:47 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Bill Hamm -- 3/14/2012, 12:28 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot' *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 3/14/2012, 4:42 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Ken Blanton -- 3/14/2012, 6:20 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Bob Beaullieu -- 3/14/2012, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/14/2012, 12:52 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
george jung -- 3/14/2012, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: modifying plans for 'Big Foot'
Paul Davies -- 3/14/2012, 8:04 pm