I think that it's always good to read through manuals first and have a good look over the plans. I just kill 2 birds with one stone as it were.
]]>I’ll make sure I’m consistent. Feet and inches are great for guessing sizes, but I work in my. Time to go buy some contraplaque marine...
]]>You say that the transom is 24 15/16.
I'd say it was 25 which is 635mm
In my experience symmetry is more important than critical measurements. As long as you are consistent with you conversions i.e. don't round up one part and round down the other you should be ok.
I have to say that the "foot" "inches" and "eighths" used for lofting is amazingly simple but having said that when I built my boat using David Nichols plans his guidance was to "eyeball" the gunwale for the best line. So even after following all the measurements you are left with a flexible decision to achieve a nice line.
Enjoy your project
]]>What’s the best way to convert to a usable (left handed born in the late 60s) measure. Transom is 24 15/16 becomes 633.41mm. Happy to soend hours converting but...
How accurate does one have to be?
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