So the whole bow section is shifted off to starboard (right). The hard part is that the piece of wood that is at the very bow of the boat is plumb (straight up and down) and a level placed across the boat is, well, level....so it becomes hard to tell what the culprit is. If I push the whole bow section off to the left/port, it corrects the "shift", but the bow goes out of plumb and the sheer goes out of level. Vexing would be a good word to describe.....
(see the slightly darker shaded area on the right of the picture)
What I noticed was that the shear is nearly straight from about 53 forward to the bow, but the panels want to take a smooth curve from the bow to the middle/fat part of the boat. Basically, frame 18 is pulling a lot of curvature out of the hull panels, and slight differences in ply stiffness will be magnified in this area.
ReplyDeleteI'd get your centerline string put in, so you can measure which pieces are really out. The bow could be off center and still plumb, for instance, needing the clamps eased so the side panels can slide fore and aft before reclamping. This may cause the side panels to no longer meet perfectly at the bow due to either being different overall lengths, or taking slightly different paths from transom to bow. Measuring to the string should clear up what's happening, and then you can correct or minimize the problem from there...
Best,
-Chad