For a talk on the history of the spline I was hoping to use an image,
modern or historical, of duck or whale weights being used to set out a
timber spline.
I have found a few images of the duck weights themselves but nothing
showing them in use. Does anyone know of a link where I could find
something like this?

Thanks

Ashley

Try an older copy of Skene's Elements of Yacht Design ( Francis S. Kinney),
mine is ~ '62.

There is an illustration of the ducks and splines at the begining of Chapter
II, Tools Required, fig. 1.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

I took a quick look through my library and couldn't find anwhere but
Skene. In the eighth edition (1973) it's still there, but he moved
the chapter to the back of the book.

You might find an old K&E catalog on eBay....

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


"Steve" wrote in message ...
Try an older copy of Skene's Elements of Yacht Design ( Francis S. Kinney),
mine is ~ '62.

There is an illustration of the ducks and splines at the begining of Chapter
II, Tools Required, fig. 1.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

(lane) wrote in message . com...
For a talk on the history of the spline I was hoping to use an image,
modern or historical, of duck or whale weights being used to set out a
timber spline.

I've uploaded a 1200dpi gif to www.swcp.com/usvmyg/spline.gif

Just give our group a plug in your talk :-)

Earl Boebert
Historian
U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group
Visit our Web page at www.swcp.com/usvmyg

There is a drawing in Chapelle's Yachtdesign and Planing, page 18

Peter


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For a talk on the history of the spline I was hoping to use an image,
modern or historical, of duck or whale weights being used to set out a
timber spline.
I have found a few images of the duck weights themselves but nothing
showing them in use. Does anyone know of a link where I could find
something like this?

Thanks

Ashley

Sorry i have been too busy to return to this website, thanks for all
your help the talk went down well, the duck weight images got a lot of
attention. seems everybody would rather be building boats than be at
university.

Thanks again

Ashley