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jhoward60
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 Posted - 31/07/2010 : 20:12:15
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| Still working on my labor of love. Getting ready to put some color on her. Is there anybody the can help me determine where to put the boot stripe. I have looked at the original brochure and it shows it to be basically on the chine line. I have also looked at all the pictures on the web that i can find, and there seems to be several different schemes. If someone could maybe measure down the edge of their transom or give me a distance down the hull at the aft chainplate then I could mark it, then use a laser to get the line level. Thanks in advance. |
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Blessim
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/08/2010 : 10:43:22
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| You can get all the info you need by joining the SOIA, contact our Hon Sec Barbara Heald barbara.heald2@virgin.net 01590 673606, she also has a sail register which may help you to find your boats history |
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Ed Hughes
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2010 : 12:22:18
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Can't help with the Mk2 measurements but perhaps the 'back to basics' method may be best anyway.
What you are trying to achieve is a side view of the boat afloat with a level straight line about 1-2” above the design waterline (DWL) below which the bottom is painted with antifouling. Above the top of the antifouling the bootstripe should, again when viewed from the side, appear as a contrasting stripe some 2-3” wide (width is a matter of taste but not too wide on a small boat). It is easier to create a bootstripe of constant width parallell to the waterline but it looks better if the top boundary of the stripe gently sweeps upwards from the point of lowest freeboard to the bow and to the stern, more at the bow than at the stern.
Because of the turn of the bilges and bow and stern overhangs the actual width of the bootstripe will change considerably along the waterline in order to achieve the desired effect when viewed from the side. On a hard chine hull neither the waterline nor the bootstripe follow the chines in any way.
How to achieve this?
1. Establish the DWL and mark a line 1-2” above it - With the boat on level ground sitting on its bilge plates measure up from the ground and mark draught + 2” at regular intervals along the hull. Traditionally this was done with a marker on an adjustable stand but lasers save all this trouble. If you are applying antifouling do it at this stage otherwise mask off underneath this line.
2. Raise the marker by the minimum width of the bootstripe and mark this line as above. If you are going for a variable width stripe you then need to mark stations about 2-3' apart along the waterline forward and aft from the point of lowest freeboard on both sides of the hull. Next using an artist's eye try gently increasing the width of the stripe on one side towards the bow and stern. When you think you've got it right mask off the stripe and view it from the side. If you haven't pressed the tape down too hard you can peel it back and make adjustments to achieve the right effect. When you are happy measure the new height of the bootstripe top at each station and transfer to the other side.
There are certain to be differences of opinion on what width of bootstripe suits the S MkII best but if you err on the narrow side you can always make it wider. |
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jhoward60
USA
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Posted - 13/08/2010 : 13:26:54
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Ed,
Thanks for the information. I had never considered changing the width of the boot stripe for and aft. I also didn't realize that the boot stripe is actually above the waterline. Mel"s picture of Helen B really shows this well . Thanks again for the help.
John
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Mel
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/08/2010 : 19:25:01
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Hi John,
Helen B's boot stripe was marked up using a laser level!
I basically levelled the boat using the runners for the main hatch as the levelling point, fore and aft and across the beam, then set up the laser to start where the bottom of the transom meets the hull then, using a pencil, marked along the hull and kept the same width stripe all the length of the boat.
It does not look too bad eh?
Regards,
Mel. |
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Ed Hughes
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2010 : 15:41:00
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Glad to help. Just for interest here's MK2 with a constant-width stripe which tries to follow the upswept chine at the bow. Not quite right?:
and a MK3 with a level stripe given the 'wider at the bow' treatment:
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jhoward60
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 21/08/2010 : 15:00:01
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Mel,
Helen B looks great. I hope when I am done my boat looks as good as she does. I have a lot of questions about some of the work you did on her. If you could please send me an email address maybe you could share some of the details about the work you did. One specific thing is about the toe rails.
Thanks
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S-II Waterline
