Forming a garboard

[rudybob]

I am building the Model Shipways Pinnace. There is a log at this site but I wanted to ask the question here.

 

The garboard (along with most else) has been vexing me. Today while looking at the plan sheet I thought maybe this would work to give me as good a garboard as possible. I laid a strake on the plan and traced (2D I know) how it would lie on the model. I then xatco cut the line where it would attach and slipped the strake through the back. I have an instant and pretty exact angle which makes my life easier. I realize there will be some twist in the garboard but can't see any reason this isn't a good idea. OF COURSE, I have had plenty a good ideas. LOL. So I wished to ask the group where I am going wrong. Thanks

 

 

[allanyed]

Looks good!  Even with this small craft, don't forget to layout  strake marks on the frames to get the proper taper on the planking above the garboard.

Allan

 

 

[rudybob]

14 hours ago, allanyed said:

Looks good!  Even with this small craft, don't forget to layout  strake marks on the frames to get the proper taper on the planking above the garboard.

Allan

Thanks Allan. I will do just that.

 

 

 

[Gregory]

Something else if it's not too late..  The 2D plan doesn't take into account any curvature in other dimensions at this point..

Some spilling or  other method may be in order, even though the amount of curving at the garboard is very slight..

 

 

Here is an example where I used masking tape to trace the shape of a plank on my Resolution.

 

Note how the shape of the plank when laid out flat, looks more curved than when traced on the hull.

 

 

 

Then it lays perfectly flat when placed on the hull..

 

 

 

[allanyed]

Spiling (with one "l") 😀 is a great way to go per Gregory's post. There is a very good tutorial on this here at MSW.  

https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/APrimerOnPlanking.pdf

 

Allan

Edited February 20, 2022 by allanyed

[Gregory]

I need two l's to do it right..😀

[allanyed]

THAT was funny Gregory!!

[mikiek]

You didn't mention if you have cut a rabbet in the keel for the garboard. Even if the plans don't call for it I highly recommend it. It will give the gb something to bite into when you go to glue it.

 

Yes, gb's may bend and twist all over the place. At the stern it may lay vertical, amidship it will likely be horizontal and somewhere in between at the bow. Try to pin yours in place first. Then take a second stick and lay it on the gb upper edge. Look for large gaps between them and also see if the gb is adding any curvature to the 2nd stick. This is what you are trying to avoid. If you see either then the gb needs more shaping. In a perfect world the upper edge of the gb would be totally flat. You can sometimes see this by looking down the upper edge from bow to stern or stern to bow. Don't look at it from the side as it will never look straight from that angle.