Pensacola FL Sailing Blog - sailingnightwatch

My pattern paper was a boxboard type paper with one slick side.  It came in 4’ wide rolls.  Its only drawback was that it did not like being forced into 90 degree corners.  Therefore, you had to draw the shape and do a rough cut of the actual shape and lay it in place and than cut out the exact shape.  I believe that is the way the pro’s do it anyway.  Any time you ran up the side of the hull, you are filling in a concave area.  When you lay it all out flat you end up with some really strange angles.  You do a lot of second guessing of yourself and waste a lot of pattern paper.  But, this was better than wasting carpet.