As I’ve never built a wooden boat or really anything of this complexity, scale or even of fiberglass and epoxy it seemed like a pretty good idea to take things slow.
So after reading over the instructions a few times, and doing as much research as I could I thought it was time to mock up the original Ta’al SUP exactly as it was designed.
This would ensure I understood the plans, and I think visually it would just help lay out what I would need to modify to turn this into a Kayak.
So I created a scale model to 6% size don’t ask me what ratio that is. It’s basically me plotting out and drawing out the panels in Illustrator at 1:10 size, and than reducing by 60% to fit on a single letter sheet of paper.
The Datum lines did not line up. I’m pretty sure something was off, after reviewing the plans I believe I have them in the correct locations offsets, but the side panel I drew them on the wrong side of the panel.
So in the above photo the side panels are actually upside down in the smaller model.
On to model 2. I didn’t think the datum lines would quite line up with the panel reversed but tried it out and still not aligned. Will have to go review the plans a couple more times. I think the rocker is more pronounced this time with the side panels in the correct direction.
It looks like my paper boat has had a bit of a crash at the bow, but paper and taping a 1:10 model perfectly is a it out of my league. Hopefully full size, plywood and stitches will work better. I think the stitches well allow me to align up the pieces gradually, whereas tape is just kinda stick and not move and hard to line up the whole panel.
Please excuse the cat hair, or dust, or kraken
