Michel Selig II
The Construction of The Classic Six Metre Model Yacht Michel Selig II
The Construction of The Classic Six Metre Model Yacht Michel Selig II
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Lofting platform for laying off the lines of <strong>Michel</strong> <strong>Selig</strong><br />
at a 1:1 scale<br />
e. Abandon<br />
As I started lofting , I encountered the errors introduced<br />
at the time of taking off her lines. The major problem<br />
was that I was unable to fit the wooden keel within the<br />
profile.<br />
To analyse the problem, I entered my data into<br />
AutoCAD. There was no solution, I would have to<br />
shorten the wooden keel.<br />
It was at this point that my age and health caught up<br />
with me. The lofting process probably required<br />
kneeling down and then getting up again over a<br />
thousand times. My knees weren't up to it, so I had no<br />
choice but to totally abandon the project.<br />
It was one of the saddest events of my life. Not that I<br />
had spent so much time arriving at that point, but that<br />
wouldn't leave a usable trace of <strong>Michel</strong> <strong>Selig</strong> for<br />
posterity.<br />
<strong>II</strong>.<br />
<strong>Michel</strong> <strong>Selig</strong> <strong>II</strong> (MS <strong>II</strong>)<br />
A. Intention<br />
Since I was unable to finish a full sized version of <strong>Michel</strong> <strong>Selig</strong>,<br />
I wanted to leave a physical model (<strong>Michel</strong> <strong>Selig</strong> <strong>II</strong>, referred to<br />
as MS <strong>II</strong> hereafter) of her for posterity.<br />
With luck, I discovered the Six Metre Class - Model Yacht<br />
Association in England which counts over 80 yachts (referred to
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