Stringer Tops

[keelbolts]

I think I have a pretty good handle on the process of spiling and installing frames and stringers, but it occurs to me that I don't know the preferred technique for leveling the top of them prior to setting the floor on them. I have built, restored, and repaired wooden boats for 25 years and I can come up with something, but I imagine there is probably a more straightforward process than what I'm thinking. How do you set the tops of floors & stringers?

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: Stringer Tops

Hopefully you marked the sides of the hull where the previous deck attached. If so, then, stringline from side to side will give you the height. I use cardboard and trace the outline of the hull onto it using a school house compass. Or you can take measurements from the string to the hull every 6" and transfer these to the plywood stringer to get the bottom contour.

 

[keelbolts]

Re: Stringer Tops

Thanks.

Why set the stringers on dowel spacers instead of directly on the hull?

 

[rickryder]

Re: Stringer Tops

It will cause hard spots on the hull and create cracks in the gel coat and glass