Reading Boat Plans
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Episode Summary
Host Rich Hilsinger and boatbuilder Greg Rössel introduce viewers to the concept of studying and understanding boat plans, using the examples of a Catspaw dinghy, a Stonington pulling boat, a classic Whitehall pulling boat, and a Muscongus Bay Sloop. They describe and explain lines plans; offset tables; offsets for the stem face, stem rabbet, and rake of the transom; spacing of the waterlines, buttocks, and stations; and more.
Resources:
Muscongus Bay Sloop Drawings, courtesy Maine Maritime Museum
Catspaw Dinghy Drawings, courtesy The WoodenBoat Store
Stonington Pulling Boat Drawings, courtesy of the Shanklin family
Whitehall Drawings, courtesy Smithsonian Ships Plans