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7 plates · june 2026

Driftboat terminology diagram

The parts, by name. From Fletcher, Drift Boats and River Dories.

The lofting tables take the grid: a centerline, a baseline, ten stations.

Lofting frame sections from a centerline and baseline

Lofting the sections full size. Fletcher.

The rib plan and numbering, ribs 0 through 9

The rib plan, ribs 0 through 9, transom to stem. The loft is the master.

Fastening the side panels to the stem

Hanging the sides on the stem.

Scribing and fastening the chine logs on the inverted hull

The chine, scarfed, bent in cold, scribed until it touches everywhere.

The bottom panel laid on the inverted hull

The bottom on, oversize, trimmed to the real hull.

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