'Well... ahhh, that presents a problem' quoth the Tutor.
It is a good thing we are into problem solving on this build, we have just found an error in the shape of the moulds and given that they will dictate the eventual shape of the boat this is of some significance.
To put it in simple terms, the bottom of the mould should match the bottom of the hog, why would take a considerable amount of time to explain, please just believe me and sympathise.
The first option was to completely dismantle all the work we have done to trim out the bottom of the moulds... (This suggestion was met with stunned silence.)
Following said stunned silence, we adopted the 'Rose' can do spirit and laughing in the face of adversity Ben came up with a creative solution; This has been to go along the moulds and glue bits on where needed to bring everything back into line, this appears to have been successful.
Why, you might ask had this not been spotted before, and if if you hadn't thought to ask I shall tell you anyhow... given that I could not believe we had made such a fundamental error I have returned to the LOFTING and found it is all to do with back rabbetts and more importantly cheek pieces which were a later addition.
The idea is that to allow the planks to lie properly you cut a bevel on the underside of the hog, this bevel has the effect of reducing the thickness of the hog and in normal circumstances the mould would then line up with this reduced height (the point at which the planks leave the hog and move onto the moulds is known as the bearding line). We however added cheek pieces to re-enforce the keel along the sides of the Centreplate slot which had the effect of moving the back rabbet almost an 1" out from its original position, this in turn had the effect of removing the bevel and hence the moulds didn't fit properly.... that is my story and I am sticking to it!
We have started lining out and playing with the shape of the sheer and line of the planks, so hopefully we should get ourselves back on track by the end of tomorrow...
