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| Roger points to the DWL line drawn on the bow of the hull. |
Here Roger shows the DWL drawn on the bottom of the inside of
the transom. |
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| We inserted a screw eye at the DWL on the transom. We
passed a piece of string through the screweye and ran it through a hole in the bow of the
boat, also at the DWL. |
This photo shows the line coming out of the hole in the front
of the boat at the DWL. |
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| Here's a shot of the line level right after it was placed on
the line. Note that the stern of the hull needed to be raised. We raised the
stern with a hydraulic car jack and placed plastic tubs and scrap lumber under the bottom
planks. |
Another shot of the line level. In order for this method
to be accurate, the line must be taut. |
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| With the hull level fore and aft, we leveled athwartship. We
did this by placing a piece of aluminum angle iron on the gunwales and using a carpenters
level. |
Next we prepared to mark the position of the bulkheads.
We consulted the plans and placed the angle iron back a specified distance from the bow. |
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| After making sure that both ends of the the angle iron were
equidistant from the bow at the gunwales we fixed the angle iron location with small
finishing nails. |
Next we took a plum bob and suspended it from the front edge
of the angle iron until it touched the hull of the boat. We marked this spot with a
magic marker. |
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| We continued to move the plum bob across the angle iron until
we had half a dozen spots marked on the hull. Here Roger steadies the plumbob before
marking a spot. |
This is a close-up of the plum bob and a spot being marked on
the hull. |