In days of old boatbuilders would carve out a half hull model and show it to the client. Once everyone agreed on the shape, the builder would take the lines off the model, loft it (see discussion of lofting here), and build the boat. The half hull model was the starting point. Nowadays, we have the lines already on paper, and we can use that to build a half hull model to represent the design of the boat in 3D. Actually, we can model it in 3D on computers now, but sometimes one wants to do things the old-fashioned way. Continue reading “Building a Half Hull Model”