I have just finished drawing half breaths of the stations for the Ranger Prospector in the canoe craft book. I had absolutely no problems doing this and they came out great. Now here comes the problem that i am having, I started trying to draw the stem pattern and no matter what i do I can't get to come out correctly. There is no illustrations or directions in the book as to how they should be drawn all they have is the waterline measurements from the 2" WL up to the 20" WL. What i have done was draw a base line and then come down in 2" WL increments to the 20" WL.
I then marked another line 90 degrees down from the base line and marked the appropriate distance as per the book for each WL. When i did this and put a batten on it it won't even come out close to being fair. it seems that there are about 3 measurements that are plum out of whack.
Also do i run the batten from the baseline at 0-0 line to the 2" 4" 6" 8" 10" 12" 14" 16" 18" 20" and then to where assuming i am right which i must not be because i haven't gotten it fair yet.
If anyone has any suggestions, answers, advise or drawings please help me get this straightened out so i can start building this canoe.
Thanks, Don
I then marked another line 90 degrees down from the base line and marked the appropriate distance as per the book for each WL. When i did this and put a batten on it it won't even come out close to being fair. it seems that there are about 3 measurements that are plum out of whack.
Also do i run the batten from the baseline at 0-0 line to the 2" 4" 6" 8" 10" 12" 14" 16" 18" 20" and then to where assuming i am right which i must not be because i haven't gotten it fair yet.
If anyone has any suggestions, answers, advise or drawings please help me get this straightened out so i can start building this canoe.
Thanks, Don