Hello everyone, my first post here!
I have been wanting to build a sailboat for a while now, but I don't like the lack of flexibility in most kits. And most plans I found to be lacking in usable information. After weeks of searching, I finally stumbled across this site! I HAPPILY got the book after looking at the preview. MORE than enough information to get started. Although an advanced chapter on other rigging options would be nice. Or even just more info on that maybe. Anyways, off topic...
I printed out plans for the 750. They are a little too big for materials I have on hand, and my pond of choice. And the 375 is just a tad too small. I don't like the RG65 profile. And the footy is just a completely different boat... I LOVE the profile of the original. And since I am not building this for a specific class to sail in (being my first sailboat anyways), I decided to make my own size!
After some calculations and poking around, I discovered that I had to print the 750 plans at 68.9% to get the 500mm length. Not sure why the odd size, but whatever... Laying out on my table, and this looks like the perfect size to build! Large enough that nothing looks like it will be cramped, small enough to fit my needs and hopefully still sail well.
So the first question... What process and programs could I use to generate an edited and rescaled set of plans? I have a Macbook with tons of software. Adobe Pro, Photoshop CS5, and Open Office. (I also have PCs on hand with similar software.) If I can generate an editable set of plans that I can work with as I build this, I will HAPPILY give them back to this community!
So I have been working on this all evening with the help of the guys over in the RCGroups forum. I think I have the editing/scaling process down and posted up a possible final revision of the hull plan. Check it out!
Kevin, when you get a chance to read this, please post up or PM me any advice and suggestions. If you would like to add this to the plan download collection, let me know what file size/resolution I should send you. And if I have stepped on any tails, I can pull down the attachments...
EDIT: Not there yet, the printing size is wrong... Somewhere in the process, I messed up the scaling.