The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

That was a real time improvment. It has taken me 5 hrs to do the lay out of the first 12 stations. So I still have to do 3 more staion molds the bow and stern a dncut and sand. I never thought lofting the plans and cutting the mold would take 15-20 hrs :shocked. Maybe I am just moving slowly if that...

somehow I did not see that picture before, as I used your explanation of lofting to figure out how to do the rest. Or I wasn't thinking about it and t went right by me. At any rate I think your picture show that I connect the sheer of each of the other molds and continue a fair cureve back to the ce...

Is the base line on my mold plans the same as the strongback line? Also In lofting the stem molds I am not sure but they really didn't geve a sheer hieght for these, Am I missing something?

When cutting the molds do you cut them at the sheer line or do you cut them a little past the sheer and mark that location for the installation of the first strip?

That is something I decided on myself. I did plot each station full, but do to the close proximtiy of the line and sharing of some points of the stern and bow halves I think I have decided to draw the lines for the bow on one side of the center line and the stern on the other. I was already to the 1...

Well much thanks to Glenn's website and lofting instructions I have completed my plans, I guess I'm actually underway..... I just hope they are right :thinking There are a hell of alot of points in a small area on a asymeterical canoe I am glad I decided to label each of them, again thanks to Glenn,...

Is it possible to omit station 0 and 16 on the Freedom 17 and get fair lines?

Hello, I am just getting started on my first canoe, I am building a 17' Freedom from the most recent version of Canoecraft. Thanks to Glenn's website I believe I undertand the lofting process, at least I'm goning to give it try. I am wondering if there is any reason I should not plot both halves of ...