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sierrasmith71
07-25-2007, 10:03 AM
I have a set of plans for a 18'.8' Mackinaw sailboat and it has several unknown (at least to me) notations of components sizes:

for example: Floors. W. Oak S. 1" M. 4 1/2" .. I understand the Floor and W.oak, but what does the S. and M. indicate? Measuring, with an architect's scale, from the plans shows the width of the floor to be 1" and the maximum height to be 4.5" .


David Garrison

outofthenorm
07-25-2007, 10:13 AM
S = Sided - this is the "thickness" of the piece.
M= Molded - this is the "shape" of the piece at its maximum.

- Norm