In carefully laying out the Rabbit and Bearding lines from plan sheet 1, and then carefully removing the laser cut keel parts and bulkheads, when cry fitted some bulkheads on the keel end do not match the plan lines. Aft bulkheads K & M are slightly above the bearding line in pencil below the red actual ends line but not that much;
However forward bulkheads C - F are well below (see read bearding line below the plan line in pencil, and almost onto the Rabbit line resulting in a much shorter, vertically, keel. Photos attached for Bulkheads C & D and the plan sheet lines for the same ones with the compass point and lead pointing to the same locations on the plan.
Before trying to modify the profile of the forward bulkheads to bring the bottom bulkhead points up to the plan pencil bearding line, with wales laid across midships to the bow stem bulkhead A along several wales progressing upwards for a fair hull, I want to ask for advice on how to best proceed.
I have read posts that most builds depart from the plans at some point but I did not expect this at the layout stage as it controls everything to follow. I don't want to create future problems which will only get worse in the planking phase.
Being new, except for one solid wood hull plot boat and a just completed 19 inch strip canoe (first "planking" but actually all same size strips) Bluenose will be my first planking build. Recommendations appreciated. PT-2 I apologize for accidently duplicating the photos somehow in posting.
However forward bulkheads C - F are well below (see read bearding line below the plan line in pencil, and almost onto the Rabbit line resulting in a much shorter, vertically, keel. Photos attached for Bulkheads C & D and the plan sheet lines for the same ones with the compass point and lead pointing to the same locations on the plan.
Before trying to modify the profile of the forward bulkheads to bring the bottom bulkhead points up to the plan pencil bearding line, with wales laid across midships to the bow stem bulkhead A along several wales progressing upwards for a fair hull, I want to ask for advice on how to best proceed.
I have read posts that most builds depart from the plans at some point but I did not expect this at the layout stage as it controls everything to follow. I don't want to create future problems which will only get worse in the planking phase.
Being new, except for one solid wood hull plot boat and a just completed 19 inch strip canoe (first "planking" but actually all same size strips) Bluenose will be my first planking build. Recommendations appreciated. PT-2 I apologize for accidently duplicating the photos somehow in posting.