And if you don't want to spend the money on a transit, I bought 25' of clear plasitic hose at Ace for $8. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Langer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:52 PM Subject: M_Boats: Waterline idea
> Hey Jerry, > > I like that Mexican solution. It seems to me that the use of any type of > transit or laser level requires that the boat is level. To me that's > always > been a problem, short of putting the boat in the water. The boat needs to > be level in all directions and the only place I can think of that would > possibly give an accurate reading is the v-berth and that's not > guaranteed. > > On the other hand the Mexican method only requires that the boat be only > parallel to the surface it's setting upon. Well, all that being said, I > don't know how to get the boat parallel either. How did they do that? > > Rick > M15 #337 Bluebird > >> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:34:07 -0800 >> From: "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: M_Boats: idea >> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> I've always done it with a transit, but a laser level should do fine. >> When >> you finish one side, without moving the level mark a spot on a wall that >> you >> can see from the new side, which will set the level up perfectly. Once I >> worked on a powerboat tooling project in Puerto Penasco, Mexico (I was a >> gringo wetback) and the Mexicans struck waterlines with a long string; a >> bit >> longer than the boat. They cut a stick to the len gth equal to the >> height >> of the waterline above the pavement, marked a starting place on one end >> of >> the boat and attached the string there, with the other end attached to >> the >> pole. The pole man slowly wrapped the string around the hull while the >> helper taped it into place. It worked surprisingly well, but it does >> take >> some skill and a good eye. Better to go rent a transit. >> >> jerry >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arnold Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:40 PM >> Subject: M_Boats: idea >> >> >>>M sailors, >>> A couple of months ago I recall someone out there asking how one goes >>> about accurately painting the waterline on a lapstrake hull....like >>> my M-17 "Little Breeze". A good question because my last attempt >>> was pretty sloppy (I had a difficult time treading water while trying >>> to paint ). This afternoon while working in the shop I got an idea >>> which I am anxious to try and wondered if anyone had already tried >>> it. Among my many tools is a laser level. What if I put "Little >>> Breeze" on her trailer.leveled her up fore and aft and athwart ships, >>> set the laser level up about 20-30 ft away, adjusted it to match the >>> existing waterline mark at any place and then penciled where the >>> laser line was along the rest of the hull. As soon as I get a clear >>> (not raining) day I'll try it and let you all know, in the meantime, >>> if you have any comments, or have already tried it, let me >>> know...Regards. Arnold Sharpe, M-17 #265, "Little Breeze" >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
