Chichester Yacht Club Magazine January 2020 | Page 17

Backrest with gap
Corrected backrest
Original Backrest
Backrest with gap
Take all the cushions off the seat mouldings and lay your
templating material over the area to be templated. Adrian Tring
uses rolls of brown paper, and I did use rolls of brown templating
paper for the cockpit. However, Sailrite in their “How-to” videos
use something they call Dura Skrim. I suspect this is a trade name.
The plastic is more robust than paper; less prone to tearing; you
can see through it, and you can get it in large enough dimensions
not to need to tape pieces together. When I searched Amazon,
Dura Skrim was not available for delivery in the UK. However,
I did find a tarpaulin cover from Tarpaflex 3m x 4m for £19.59.
I would think the price point is why paper is ordinarily used.
I started out templating with paper, and only changed to the
plastic, when I realised that I needed something much more
robust to take to get the foam cut. Whichever material you use for templating, the principles are the same:-
First
Place your templating material on the area to be templated. If you are using brown
paper, you may need to use parcel tape to stick together sufficient material for your
template. Make sure your templating material lies flat. Using a marker pen, mark the
edges of the bench or berth you are templating. (If you make a mistake, then cross
out the incorrect marking and try again. It is always best to finish any problematic
edges at home.
a.) Mark the edges of the bench or
berth. Mark as much information on
your template as possible. With Wizard
there are potentially 28 cushions, and
within the cockpit alone there are 17.
The detail of the information fades over time unless the information is
recorded on the template itself.
Mark:-
b.)
The cushion number according to your layout plan.
c.)
The “top” side of your template.
d.)
The direction of the Vision Line (VL).
e.)
The fore/aft line (FWD) - this line will not always be the same as
the vision line.
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