CHAPTER X
TEMPLATES AND BULKHEADS
TEMPLATES!
We believe that the easiest method to trace!
bulkheads is by temporarily fastening a piece of!
plywood, 1 or 2 1 wide, on the centre line of the!
boat where the bulkhead will be. Mark the centre line!
on the plywood. Then using a wooden pole which has!
been sharpened at one end, place the sharpened end!
against the hull and mark an horizontal and vertical!
line on the plywood, also mark the same spot on the!
wooden pole and assign the same number to both marks.!
Move down the hull, making another numbered reference!
mark on the plywood and on the pole. Continue until!
you have enough reference points to be able to!
reconstruct the shape of the hull outside the boat.!
CUTTING THE BULKHEADS!
You will require 16 sheets of plywood for the!
bulkheads. Now transfer the reference points you have!
just taken to a sheet of plywood and join the points!
to obtain the shape of the bulkhead. Plywood!
leftovers will be useful later on.!
AIREX CUSHION!
Wherever there is Airex in the hull, there!
should be a trapezoidal Airex cushion between the!
bulkhead and the hull. (Urethane may be used). The!
easiest way is to simply nail the Airex to the end of!
the bulkhead before laminating it in place.!
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