Lofting a Boat

A Step-by-Step Manual

By: Roger Kopanycia

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Paperback | 15 February 2011 | Edition Number 1

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The second book in our Classic Boat series aimed at traditional boat lovers, builders and restorers.

Lofting is an essential stage in the transition between designing and building a boat in order to turn the design plans into boat lines plans to measure off and build the full-size boat. Its a tricky art, but this book shows exactly how it is done in clear, step-by-step diagrammatic stages. Aimed specifically at the amateur DIY builder, it will enable anyone to build a boat of any size, whether power or sail.

The author has been teaching lofting to boatbuilding students for over 10 years, and has found that the key to understanding is visualisation - hence the plethora of step-by-step diagrams in this book to assist the reader to grasp the concepts.

Lofting will be welcomed by budding boatbuilders everywhere.

Industry Reviews

'this book shows exactly how it is done in clear, step-by-step diagrammatic stages.' * All at Sea (February 2011) *
I thoroughly recommend Lofting a Boat to anyone building from scratch, large or small, from basic drawings. * Water Craft *

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Introduction	p. 1

What is lofting?	p. 4
Why bother lofting a boat?	p. 5
The Lines Drawing and Offset Table	p. 6
How much space do I need to loft a boat?	p. 9
Tools for the job	p. 10
The lofting procedure	p. 11
Setting out the Lofting Grid	p. 12
Plotting the Sheer, Profile and Rabbetlines in the Profile View	p. 18
Plotting the Rabbet and Sheerlines in the Half-breadth/Waterline View	p. 22
Plotting the Station Lines in the Body Plan	p. 28
Plotting the Waterlines in the Half-breadth View	p. 36
Plotting the Buttock Lines in the Profile View	p. 43
Fairing the Buttock Lines in the Profile View	p. 55
Plotting and fairing the Diagonals	p. 60
Expanding/developing the Transom	p. 79
Developing a Deck Camber	p. 83
Congratulations! The basic lofting of the boat is complete	p. 92

Developing the forward face of a raked/angled Transom	p. 96
Lofting a Radiused Transom	p. 100
Moving on from the lofting	p. 126
Keel cross-sections and Bevel Board	p. 127
Stem cross-sections and Bevel Board	p. 131
Final techniques	p. 137
Basic lofting glossary	p. 144
Index	p. 146
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