Since deciding to design my own boat this time I started by reading a few books and many articles on the net. My first attempt used the Half Model approach described in "Devlin's Boat Building"
This approach worked but changes required another model and lofting was prone to error so I started looking at design software. The one that seemed the easiest to use and cheapest (free) is Free Ship. This was quicker to modify and produced devloped panels and station dimensions.
I then built a model to make sure the plans were accurate. This picture shows the Developed plates cut out and assembled.
