Dates: April 17 & 18 (weekend class)
Dates: May 1 & 2 (weekend class)
Time: 9:00am to Noon (lunch break) 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Instructor: Steve Helgeson, GHB Program Director
Fee: $150.00 (GHB member) - $165.00 (Non-GHB member) cost for weekend (2-day) class
Limit: 6 participants (per weekend) only!
Where: Lofting Room at the Historic Eddon Boatyard - 3805 Harborview Drive Gig Harbor WA
Phone: (253) 857-9344
Lofting is the first step in building a new boat. It involves drawing the design of the vessel full scale on the loft floor. Once the initial design is laid down, the lines are “faired”, a process of correcting minor errors in the design caused by the small scale in which designs are created. Once the fairing is complete, the builder uses the loft to generate all of the patterns and templates necessary to setup and build the hull.
Class participants will loft the Thunderbird sailboat using the table of offsets and lines given in the original plans. Interested participants can take the first or second session, or both - and learn the process of lofting. The loft will be preserved and used for a variety of purposes in Gig Harbor BoatShop’s on-going work with the Thunderbird Sailboat.
For more information about the program, instructor, or hotel package for our out-of-town guests (Gig Harbor’s Maritime Inn), please call (253) 857-9344 – or log onto our website at www.gigharborboatshop.org
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