Guys, I’m in some serious need of advice. In the last few posts I went over what my coworker and I did this past weekend, and how I’ve been trying to get these stringers/bulkheads sanded down to exactly 1” below deck height on both sides. To do this we used a string line from 2 screws lightly drilled into the transom wood, running into screws in place at the bow. To get the “deck height” we took a level and essentially just penciled the line from one edge of the deck to the other across the transom...this is where my confusion starts. On the trailer and the slope of the hill we knew the level would be off, but we accounted for that in the boat and I was under the assumption that, so long as you went off the deck height itself with the pencil line, it would be level. In the pictures of my poorly drawn sketches, it shows how the measurements have changed now that we are on level ground. (Looking towards the bow) the right side was 1 1/4” high, after moving the boat to level ground the left side of the boat is now 1/2” above level. My biggest question is: do I simply level both strings all the way down, or do I adjust for the deck height and accept that the level is off? I apologize if my explanation was confusing, I can elaborate more if needed.
