Marking a Waterline or Bootstripe - Fast and simple

[@mattevans-koch9353]

I'm definitely for the sailing part. Thank you again Mark. Have a great week ahead.

[@til7545]

Excellent show & tell, including the explanation of a swept waterline (iof which I had no idea it exists). This is one more video I‘ve bookmarked for when I‘m there with my build - in … say 18 months? 🤣 Thank you Mark!

[@SmallBoatSchool]

Great tutorial. I love the wedge trick!

[@hankcohen3419]

Very informative, Thank you. It would be nice to see a closeup of how you cut the tape at the laps.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

An oversight on my part. I should have shown that. It is usually cut in a Z pattern, depending on how the line crosses a lap. Just imagine how there would naturally be a span of an inch or two where the line leaves the edge of one plank before it hits the joint between the other. Visually at least. It's rarely a square line passing from one to the next because of the oblique angle.

[@CrimeVid]

I worked on a boat where both the boot top and the water line had been marked in with a chisel, she was 80’ ! I always felt for the guy that had to do that ! Over the years I caulked her once, painted her three times and fitted the cabin sole.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Gotta keep the apprentice busy with something. 320’ of chisel work should do the trick.

[@pontuswendt2486]

Very cool!!! Thanks!!! Btw What is the ruller called?

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

It's called a 2'-four fold carpenters rule.

[@pontuswendt2486]

@@Nomadboatbuilding Thanks! Looks nifty!

[@jonathanriddell6302]

Always wondered how this sort of thing was done - thanks

[@loki7441]

That was a good, informative and simple way of marking a waterline. Nice looking dinghy too. Its a pity I didn't have this information last year when I was painting the ships launches on the 1/350 scale model of the Tirpitz (plastic unfortunately, sorry) At 3 cm long they were a bit of a pain, as I got a bit anal over them being just right. 😄 I just noticed too that the boot top on the starboard side at the bow has a slight down turn. I just have to convince myself to leave it alone and display it from the port side.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Thanks for that comment. You just gave me an idea for marking swept waterlines on models. I’ll try to make a video of that for you.

[@loki7441]

@@Nomadboatbuilding 👍👍

[@JenkinsBoatWorks]

good info, great video!

[@davidmoore5021]

Thanks for sharing

[@Starboatbuilder]

Hi Good video; you need to do more of the hand-on things. Have you built any hi-tech oars,( since Victoria is the rowing center for Canada) ?

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

I thought everything I do is a hands on thing! I haven’t done ant particularly high tech oars. Mostly just traditional straight bladed ones. The rowing clubs go in for all the carbon fibre stuff.

[@dennisdavidek6694]

The “cat can” full of push tacks is a shop standard. 👍

[@southerneruk]

What you are calling a water line and boot line, Is commonly known has the loading line, a lot of people get this mix up with the plimsoll line, which is an added bit to the loading line, the plimsoll line has a few markers on it that tell you the difference of the loading level in different waters around the world

[@MrKubaitis]

Thanks!

[@jerrycomo2736]

Rope rubbing strake-Don't see these very much these days. Need a specially formed wood strake to seat it in. Not many videos showing how to install either. I've researched and came up with several points. Uncoil slightly to bury the stainless steel screw within the core and also hammer the rope as you take a strain to relieve stress. Can't find anything on maintenance/upkeep either.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

I’ve never done one but there are probably some maintainable traditional attachment methods. For the most part I think it’s a non-maintainable detail that assumes you will use it lots and replace it often.

[@marca5883]

👍👍👍

[@MrJhchrist]

Why not just do it the easy way and float it in a big puddle of bottom paint? ;)

[@soylentgreen326]

Nobody likes a wobbly waterline 🤔 We don't need no lazerbeams 🤣🤣🤣 String sticks level 🔨 plumb bob and some odds and ends 👍👍👍👍👍 Agree with you Mark to get up sweep tricky with a Lazer. Master Yoda assures me he can cut a fine upsweep with a Lightsaber 🤭🤯🎯

[@saijuakshaya1983]

I need some help can you

[@bipedalhominid6815]

I just free hand it with painters tape.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Well that wouldn’t make much of a video now, would it.