to level the boat i remember a discussion, but could not find it in the MSOG archives, that the cockpit seats in the 'new' mold cockpit are level (the cockpit floor _is_not_level). jerry is all about cockpit sleeping so it seems logical to me that he would have made the seats level when laying up the mold. i'm currently mounting a transom ladder on my M17 and confirmed the boat was level, port to starboard, before drilling the bolt holes. i confirmed level from the existing boot stripe and checking the cockpit seats. it was asked about how the waterline is determined 'at the shop'. i dug this up from the listproc archives -
From: (Bob) Subject: M_Boats: Factory Boot Stripes -- Marking The Waterline Date: Tue Feb 25 01:28:44 2003
Tod The waterline is already marked into the mold and is a different color. For instance the mold is black and the waterline is green. That way we can apply tape onto the green part to cover the waterline and after I spray the ivory hull color we remove the tape and simply spray the contrasting waterline color. ...
Bob Eeg
----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Wickett Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:13 PM
Joe,
What did you for reference for the fore and aft levelling? Is it okay to use the cockpit seats, with a level on them?
Thanks
Bill Wickett M17 Makin' Time