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Figure 3.7. The shell formed by the bottom and the turn of the bilges is now filled with timbers. With a small vessel like this pleasure yacht, the frames do not lie close to each other as they do in larger vessels, but with wider spaces, as in launches and barges. (Courtesy A. J. Hoving)
Figure 3.8. Futtocks are raised
at several locations. To check the overhang of the frames, measurements are taken from the line stretched between stem and stern and lines stretched between the port and starboard parts of the frames, combined with measurements taken with a plumb line. In model building this practice is almost impossible unless the model is mounted securely on a board. (Courtesy A. J. Hoving)
Figure 3.9. The master ribband is positioned from stem to wing transom along the futtocks. This temporary ribband was very important, as it indicated not only the maximum breadth of the hull but also the height of breadth and the sheer. (Courtesy
A. J. Hoving)
Figure 3.10. The other futtocks and top timbers are added. Above the master ribbands, other ribbands were used—first, to find the right shape of the frame timbers and, second, to keep them in place as the building process continued. The frame timbers were
not joined together in any other way. (Courtesy A. J. Hoving)
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