My inspiration a couple of days ago was that I still have the original cuddy I cut out from the part of the boat I am keeping.� The original cuddy differs from the hole in my boat only by a saw cut! Because of this close fit, I think I can use the cut out part as the basis of a precision (I hope) jig which could be used to build my new cuddy, inside the garage where the weather is slightly better.
Yesterday I built legs for the jig and set it's height to correspond to the rise in the boat wrt the waterline, which is now our garage floor.� Today I mocked up the main dimensions of the cabin and this is hard for me. I had similar frustrations when mocking up the pop-top camper roofs. The "nice" dimensions are subtle so you try to set up a temporary visual aid but it is so flimsy that it keeps falling down. I will sleep on it again and maybe something will come to me.
The challenges of geometry are always waiting to prove me stupid.� Even with sheets of plywood (conic sections, right?) the intersection of�the curve of the cabin�roof�with a curve in the cabin side with a rising sheer curve of the deck gets messy.� Where do you start?
In design desperation, I moved the boats around in our (boat) yard, repositioning the Etchells so I can get a snowblower between my scaffolding and the garage wall, and moving the F-24 from the front yard to it's normal place in the side yard.� I haven't put the cover on yet as there is still snow on the boat.
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