MessageTuesday, October
From: plkruse@iu.net
Subject: quarter beam buttock angle
Paul, thanks muchly for your instruction on measuring the Quarter
Beam Buttock Angle:
Let your boat float naturally in the water on its own
waterline. Then don SCUBA tanks and take an inclinometer down with
you.
Set it on the keel of the boat in the fore-to-aft direction back
near the
transom. (If your keel runs the whole length of the boat, put it on
the... <<<
Since our waters are a bit chilly right now and I'm somewhat SCUBA
challenged, I thought of this modification: "Gain access to the
quarter section hull bottom from the inside (there might be an engine
or transmission in the way but a little room for an inclinometer can
probably be found). Unless we are dealing with false double bottoms
that change angles, one should be able to take measurements that way.
I know, I can on my pretend trawler (still has rags and ropes for a
main engine). And yes, there definitely is a pronounced angle, not
only in the back and forth direction but also in the athwartship
direction. Guess Scaramouche won't be doing any planing in the near
future. :-) :-)
Thanks again for your reply - much appreciated.
George of Scaramouche (Lake Ontario)
MessageTuesday, October
From: plkruse@iu.net
Subject: quarter beam buttock angle
Paul, thanks muchly for your instruction on measuring the Quarter
Beam Buttock Angle:
>>>>Let your boat float naturally in the water on its own
>waterline. Then don SCUBA tanks and take an inclinometer down with
>you.
>Set it on the keel of the boat in the fore-to-aft direction back
>near the
>transom. (If your keel runs the whole length of the boat, put it on
>the... <<<
Since our waters are a bit chilly right now and I'm somewhat SCUBA
challenged, I thought of this modification: "Gain access to the
quarter section hull bottom from the inside (there might be an engine
or transmission in the way but a little room for an inclinometer can
probably be found). Unless we are dealing with false double bottoms
that change angles, one should be able to take measurements that way.
I know, I can on my pretend trawler (still has rags and ropes for a
main engine). And yes, there definitely is a pronounced angle, not
only in the back and forth direction but also in the athwartship
direction. Guess Scaramouche won't be doing any planing in the near
future. :-) :-)
Thanks again for your reply - much appreciated.
George of Scaramouche (Lake Ontario)
