NIMBUS Mk 3 - construction plan
Details
NIMBUS Mk 3 - construction plan. Construction plan - VPP. The second version of this round bilge hull for planked or moulded construction. Very complete construction details for hull. Marine Modelling plan and best choice for beginners to the sport and to home building. Full rig details are shown.
If unfamiliar with planked construction we suggest you use the construction method shown on this plan and the lines of ZIG ZAG or VEKTOR.
Yacht Design Notes - log of SAILSetc designs over the years and a brief description of each.
SAILSetc guide notes for making a hull plug
SAILSetc mould and hull moulding notes
Electronic files
Our plans are not made as CAD files but are a combination of printed output from the Maxsurf hull design program that is used to create the 3D shape and pen and ink addition of information about the appendages and rig. For this reason we cannot send an electronic version of the plan. However we are able to send dxf or iges files, 2D or 3D, output from the Maxsurf program. The 2D files may be of the plan view, the profile view, or the sections. The section view may also show the sections reduced by a 'planking' thickness. If you will be using planking as the method of construction it is important to estimate the planking thickness after the fairing and finishing process has been completed. If you are intending to use the files for creation of CNC machined parts it will be important to specify the spacing of the waterlines, buttock lines and sections.