Lennoxman,

Thank you for the kind words.

I agree that the waterline is very tricky on Dauntless. I know that doing it will not go out without a fight. After reading your post, i went home and looked into it.

I looked up Dumas specs on the waterline. It says to come down 4" from the top of the bow and down 3 1/4" off the stern. I used a T-square and a strip of 1/8" scrap taped to the T-square and marked the bow and stern with masking tape. I set up my trusty black & decker laser line about 5' away and created the waterline.

I did not want to take Dumas word for it, so i compared it to various pics i have of Dauntless and it checks out fine. After looking at the waterline and the pics of Dauntless and profile, i concluded that the white line should be exactly at the 4" and 3 1/4" respectively. Below the white line should begin the red paint. The

The laser helps out big time for this job because it is easy for your eye to get confused while following the hull and the laser keeps it true.
I think the laser cost like $10-15 and has helped me out many times during this overhaul.

Enclosed are those pics.

-Rich