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This was a great interview with DY. Around 23 minutes in you get to see the prototype up close. Looks like he is using a inside keel (!)

The pictures I posted are from the offsets in Canoecraft, those are not from your file and there is no automation in this case so there is no right or wrong order. What I was trying to show was how bad the results are when automating -curve through points- as opposed to drawing a curve manually...

The reason I ask what method you use to make your curves is that I'm not getting good results when automating this. Simply put, a fair curve will not fit through the points from the table of offsets. Playing around with different degree curves and/or chord settings can make it better but it will...

Well.. I did now and everything is there. I just didn't see it at first :sneaky:

Thank you for that explanation! I think I will try your method if only I can wrap my head around what you are doing. That link you posted can't be the coordinates for a whole canoe since it's only 18 rows in two columns. If I understand it right those are the coordinates for only one station...

Hi Kliff. Could you explain how you went about this in more detail?

Hi. Oh I didn't see that you had also found the Station 1 correction. But that's good. Twice confirmed then. The station 0 correction that I did is just a small adjustment. Pretty obvious once you get the rest of the points for that station down on paper and eye it. The sheer point is pretty...

Hi Cruiser. This is great! I have almost finished plotting out all the points for the Freedom 17 (I'm doing it digitally). My table of offsets comes from Canoecraft Twelfth printing 2019. I've found one point that seem to be off in the Table of Half-Breaths. Just wanted to check if you ran in to...

Maybe it's not so bad after all? How much distance do you have at station #13 when just holding the strip with your hands (or using tape)? Maybe you could get away with slight fairing on station #12 and #14 instead of building up #13? Or maybe a combination. You would probably need no more than...

Gamma. I don't know if this is just how you rigged that test strip up to take this photo or not, but when you clamp the strip like that it "re-curves". This is not the way the strip lays on the hull naturally. When clamped like that it will pivot over the first station and therefor "fly" past...

Maybe this comparison should have gone in a separate thread but just to wrap it up. Yes, I think that they do come from the same source which probably is the Kunz original Merlin. If the keel line of the NWC Merlin was flattened then it looks like they would be near identical under the...

Hi Jim! Is it really true that you will get the 38 Spl. by scaling the NWC Merlin plans? A wise man once told me that the North West Merlin was not the parent of the 38 Spl. That the the 38 Spl. was a Bruce Kunz creation and that It was an enlargement of Bruce's original Merlin. I've laid the...

I'm also very curios and want to know more about the design and development. I don't know what kind of wood they use for the Swift prototypes but I have seen that at least some of the prototypes have been built with stems and those were laminated from what looked like 1/4" or thinner pieces but...

That's a nice piece of wood! Is it walnut? You will probably be happier with the wood gunwale over alu which is always so cold to the touch. The seat looks a bit low, or maybe it's just me? Do you use a double bladed paddle?

This one is a classic that I've watched many times. Norwegian Lars Monsen spent 947 days traversing 8252 kilometers across Canada from West to East. He used dogsled in the winter and in summer canoe. Many beautiful moments but also many dangerous close calls while crossing icy rivers, run ins...

I started using AutoCAD over fifteen years ago to get a better grasp on a project I was working on then. I have been drafting since long before that though. CAD can be a great aid in designing and building but it can also just be a stupid waste of time. It's not uncommon to spend days and nights...

Wow those came out great, and fast too! This is great. If anyone else needs some help with drawings like this just let me know. Cheers

Yes the vinylester might behave differently than epoxy or poly. I'm pretty sure epoxy has the highest strength to weight ratio though. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Bob-tailed... That sounds fun. You mean you'll take the re-curved stern from a Bob Special 15 and blend it in to the rest of the 38 Spl? Are you mostly changing the profile of the stern or will you incorporate some of the cross sections from the Bob Special as well? Sorry if I'm drifting this...

Hi Jim. What design are you planning on for your next build?