Certain degree of confusion... this might be a duplicated post.
There is a reason, it is called mental exhaustion! we have almost completed the process of lofting and most of us, if not all, have certainly found it a challenge; I must confess to being perverse and admit to having greatly enjoyed the process, there is something amazingly satisfying in watching the boat unfold on the Lofting table. However there are those who have found the experience less fulfilling, it is painful to watch grown men cry and while nobody has actually thrown themselves of the mezzanine floor it has come close.
Tomorrow we will be wrestling with Simpson's Law; this is a series of equations that allow you to calculate the waterline on any given boat by using a combination of its weight, internal volume and surface area, I think... given experience to date, it will probably also involve casting chicken bones, chanting various unspeakable incantations, and the sacrifice of sanity and reason.
I have now prepared the first shopping list to construct the stem, apron, keel, hog, stern knee, deadwoods, and transom. This is the backbone of the boat which has to be put in place with the moulds to allow planking to start, its a lot of Oak! Sadly it will almost certainly be French Oak, Nelson must be spinning in his grave.
I think you have probably seen enough photographs of Lofting so I will wait until something more interesting occurs....
