Point Bennett with the deck lowered 1 1/2 inches
and an ocean cockpit.
Loft the side panels like normal, including drawing the sheer, chine,
and bow and stern stem lines.
Using the normal sheer line of the side panels as a guide, reduce
the height of the
entire sheer
line
by the amount that you want the deck lowered.
Complete the assembly of the hull, including fiberglassing
the outside and inside. With the hull complete, make sure the
sheer line (looking from above) is fair. If it is not, use tape to
bring in the bulges and insert boards to widen the hollows.
Loft and cut the deck
like normal. Before the peak in the deck is formed, lay the flat
deck on the hull, and center the deck on
the
hull both
lengthwise
and widthwise. Use a pencil to trace the outside of the hull sheer
line on the underside of the deck. Remove the deck and flip it
over. Make sure the pencil line is fair and that each side is
an equal distance from the centerline or edge of the deck. Mark
another line 5/32 of an inch inside the pencil line to compensate
for the 4 mm width of the hull panels. Trim
the
deck
down to this line.
Continue building as normal, except that you will have to reduce
the height of the deck peak at the front of the cockpit by the same
amount that you reduced the height of the sheer line.
