Lofting
Laid plywood on shop floor, painted it flat white, laid out a baseline, waterlines, stations, and started to draw the lines at full size.
Spartan II · new build
19' Gaff Sloop Centreboarder, based on a design by Paul Gartside
A much bigger boat for us... for the last 14 years, since I built and launched her, we've been cruising on our 12' Welsford Scamp LUNA. This is going to be fun!
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Make a book
Feed
The whole log, 3 entries and every photo,
laid out as a book to print, bind and keep.
14
Entries
53
Hours
121
Days elapsed
39
Photos
Jan 2026
Started
Lofting, continued
Lofted the halfbreadths, and checked the bodyplan against them. We forgot that the halfbreadths gave valuable information to the bodyplan, so had to make some adjustments to virtually every station. Obviously need more practice lofting!
Lifting patterns
More lofting, and then lifting patterns from the lines. We placed nails, sideways, with their heads on on the line we wanted to lift. Then we put doorskin ply over top of those nails, and stomped on them. Lifted the doorskin, put finishing nails into the impressions the nailheads created, put battens around them, drew the lines, and cut the doorskins out on the bandsaw.
Nobody else here is logging a Spartan II yet. See the boat.