How to loft a curved and raked transom

[rbgarr]

From the master-

http://cgi.ebay.com/Projection-of-Curved-Boat-Transom-Davis-Rare-1909-Art_W0QQitemZ370319491964QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item5638c3037c

[outofthenorm]

That's a great item. Someone just bid on it 2 minutes ago, exactly when I did. Was it one of us? If so, I'll lay off. If not, here's my plan: The copyright on it is long expired, so the article itself is public domain. I'll bid on it to preserve the original and if I win, I'll make high-res copies available to anyone here who wants it.

- Norm

[Roger Long]

Nice but, don't try to actually do it this way. Chapelle also makes it so confusing that Paul Luke and I couldn't figure it out together one day. I slept on it and was able to get it right the next day. It's dead simple when you do it directly but traditional loftsmen used round about methods like this one that muddy the waters.

[outofthenorm]

You're right of course, Roger. I like it more as artifact than anything practical.

[Jim Ledger]

I don't care if the info's no good. I want that on my wall and will bid it sky high if need be, so just you back off, Norm.:D

[outofthenorm]

LOL. My thought exactly, but you got there first, so it's all yours!

[Jim Ledger]

Wassamatter, you giving up already? C'mon, bid, ya wombat.

[outofthenorm]

Careful Jimbo, I just might snipe yer as% for that.;)

[rbgarr]

Nice but, don't try to actually do it this way. Chapelle also makes it so confusing that Paul Luke and I couldn't figure it out together one day. I slept on it and was able to get it right the next day. It's dead simple when you do it directly but traditional loftsmen used round about methods like this one that muddy the waters.

I'm kind of glad to hear you say that, Roger! :D I tried to loft the transom of Chapelle's lines for the Muscongus Bay sloop using his methods and couldn't get my mind around it. I never had confidence in the outcome (particularly at the plank lands) so left some wiggle room on the transom frame and dubbed off by eye while lining off.

[Ian McColgin]

I found Alan Viatsas (spelling approxomate, but "Lofting" is in the WoodenBoat store usually) understandable and easy enough. I also could not figure out Chapelle's approach.

I like the way the Chesapeake guys do the pungey's - put a big stump in place and carve away anything that does not look like a transom.