Building a strip Petrel Play. I’ve watched Nick’s videos till I can recite them in my sleep, but some details get skipped.
Form #9 drops way down and has small ‘hips’ at the sides. I have the aft deck strips tight against the top of form 10, but let them run straight over form 9. See the photo.
The strips run about an inch above the form. I’ve temporarily placed the loosely assembled cockpit surround to get an idea of how the strips run. I can bend the strips down to form 9, but they’d probably spring back up when I cut out the cockpit.
It looks like those little bumps (hips) on form 9 actually support the cockpit surround and done have strips on them
I’ve stripped the sides up far enough that I reach the cockpit on both sides. I’d like to just use separate strip from the bow after and stern forward now, versus full length strips on the sides, but don’t want to lose any critical shaping.
Thanks!
Hi, yes you are correct the strips run flat to the rear of the cockpit surround, they don’t extend to form #9. Here’s a photo with the cockpit surround in place showing form 9. So yes you can use separate strips for the forward and rear sections.
and here’s the final result.
Ditto what peter says. here is a picture of my petrel play same location:
based on my pic and peter’s pics there are only about 5 strips that make it across at the widest part of the cockpit inset.
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Both very nice boats! I’m still in the stripping phase, and I keep telling myself that faring and sanding will make a big difference in how it looks.
This information is very helpful, as it fills in an information gap the plans omit and the videos speed by. My biggest concern is that I’ve got two 3-D puzzle pieces (deck and surround) made separately that will somehow come together. I will cut a hole in the deck to fit, but no amount of cutting will bridge a gap.
I also remind myself that I’m building a boat, not assembling a kit where I’m limited to the pieces provided. I can always trim and add inserts, or just build my own surround to fit the deck. I felt I was running low on long strips, so I’m using them to avoid scarf joints (looks, mostly). I bought some clear cherry and ripped it into strips for the section aft of the cockpit (now that I know it’s flat). Frankly, I’m preferring beveling rectangular pieces over cove and bead - if you’re willing to take a little more time, the joints are better.
