Wayne, After rereading your laser comments, I'm building myself a second Martini to sort it out. Are you familiar with Topographic maps? The maps that have contour lines every 10 feet? That is a horizontal slice through the mountain at that height. The laser is doing the same. It is cutting the surface it is looking at, the Montgomery hull, and produces a flat plane - the cut section. If that section is your water line, you've nailed it. Connie
I am familiar with Topo maps and have drawn them in my time. The premise Giles made and I agree is if the boats vertical axis is not aligned (say the boat is tilted on the support ) with the laser's vertical axis the straight line produced by the laser will not be straight when the boat is placed in a straight vertical axis, as when it's put in the water. I ned a Margarita.....(ever notice how good things always start with the letter M ..Montgomery. Martini, Margarita) Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: <chbenneck@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Vibration
Wayne,
After rereading your laser comments, I'm building myself a second Martini to sort it out.
Are you familiar with Topographic maps? The maps that have contour lines every 10 feet? That is a horizontal slice through the mountain at that height.
The laser is doing the same.
It is cutting the surface it is looking at, the Montgomery hull, and produces a flat plane - the cut section.
If that section is your water line, you've nailed it.
Connie
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