1626Hrs- Figuring Stuff Out

Coffee fuelled study

I spent a lot of time with the plans and a scale rule today trying to figure out the sizes for the deck panels that cover the main cabins. There are four panels on each hull. The largest ones cover the forward part of the cabins, over the dining area on the port hull and over the double berth on the starboard hull. There’s are two smaller sections at the aft ends over the galley and navigation area and then finally there’s the four side decks that connect them all  together. The forward and aft sections have cutouts to receive the upper cabin sides later and they needed a bit of working out but other than that they are reasonably easy. Same goes for the aft sections. The problem I had was that no measurements are given for any of these sections, it’s necessary to study the plans carefully, scale off from the drawings (staying aware that these can only be considered as approximate) and then checking against the actual hulls. All very taxing for someone with my level of brainpower! I’d planned to cut out all the pieces needed to make all the sections but I decided to hold off with the side decks until I can dry fit the forward and aft deck sections. Things will look a lot clearer then and I can take actual measurements rather than guess. Having worked things out I set to and cut out the 8 4mm ply pieces and then made a start on construction of the first forward section

4 Aft Deck Sections Cut

Starting The First Forward Section