Designing on Paper

Oh thats super kind of you to share! This forum is great!

 

It sure is.

 

What a concept, designing on paper. LOL. That's how most of us got started in this business. Now everyone wants to do it on computers. I still start the traditional way.
start with an idea. Make an Statement of Requirements
Draw a sketch of what you think will fit the requirements.
Then get out a nice clean sheet of drafting paper (I prefer the kind with the grid in blue on the paper)
Lay out a Base line
and go from there, drawing three views.
It seems to me the hardest part these days would be finding battens and duck weights. Does anybody still make them? I gave mine to the NW School of Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock WA.
Once you have the lines down on paper start taking offsets and putting them in a table.
Something like this. I did this back in the 80's for the Westlawn course. Kind of hard to see because the scan didn't come out very dark. But you can see the Table of Offsets on the right. You can see the full size image (48 x 36) image at https://newboatbuilders.com/designs/OceScans03049_fullsize.jpg

 

Duck weights are easy to make. Lead can be melted with a propane torch. Battens are also easy to source. Wooden ones can be cut in any table saw. Fiberglass battens are sold by the foot in all kind of sizes and stiffness.

 

Here's a site that tells you how to make spline weights. Duckworks Magazine https://duckworksmagazine.com/06/howto/splineweights/index.htm