JonLee wrote:Hey guys,
For those of you who have already finished you boats (or are at least farther along than me), did you chamfer the ends of the boards on the cabin sole to match up with where they meet the hull (in profile)? Do your boards contact the hull, or did you leave a gap? And, most importantly, based on how you did it, what would you recommend doing.
My current plan for fitting the cabin sole is to cut the ends to the correct angle (in planform), and then chamfer the lower 1/2 of the end of the board (either at 45 deg or at the approximate angle of the hull at that location..\). And then do the whole batten-cut a fair curve thing, as recommended in the manual. Thoughts?
Hi all,
No one answered Jon's specific question about fitting the cabin sole floorboards, and so I am asking it again. There are two parts to this question for those of you who have proceeded past the floorboards stage of your PS build:
First as Jon asks above, are builders chamfering or relieving the outboard edges of the floorboards as they contact the hull laterally (which would provide marginally more lateral space), or simply leaving the outboard edges square (with gentle round-overs)?
And second, the floor boards as supplied by CLC are about 3/4" short of the space between bulkhead 2 & bulkhead 8. Jeff Hatch seems to have filled this space with a narrow piece of wood placed athwartships on top of the cleat (already glued to bulkhead 2). CLC suggests that the 3/4" gap is intended to be split 3/8" fore and aft, but it seems this would be an ideal space to lose stuff and very difficult from which to fish out the missing pencils, etc.
Any suggestions on how other builders managed these issues are much appreciated.
Thanks, all,
Mark