#half hull model

[lazyjacks]

Half hull model of 23 metre yacht Brynhild Built by Camper & Nicholsons, 1907 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Object ID SLR0266

[Stay tuned for future posts, where you’ll see the aftermath of Brynhild’s Very Bad Day Sailing.]

[lazyjacks]

Model Room - New York Yacht Club, 1884-08-09 Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection Historic New England PC047.02.0160.00406

[lazyjacks]

Model Room - New York Yacht Club, 1884-08-09 Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection Historic New England PC047.02.0160.00405

[ashleyriverboatworks]

Building a Half Hull Model

Building a Half Hull Model

Finished half hull model of the Palm Beach 22

In days of old boatbuilders would carve out a half hull model and show it to the client.  Once everyone agreed on the shape, the builder would take the lines off the model, loft it (see discussion of loftinghere), and build the boat.  The half hull model was the starting point.  Nowadays, we have the lines already on paper, and we can use that to…

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[gonautical]

1937 Ranger Americas Cup Defender

[gonautical]

Endeavour I 1934 Half Hull Model