Hey Guys, Its getting warm enough for me to start working on the boat again. I will be adding a floor to the entire boat, Main area and casting deck.
What is the Easiest way to measure and cut the right curve to the boat? What do you recommend for attaching pieces together, and to the boat?
Use the old pieces of floor for the template. 
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Use the old pieces of floor for the template.
The only pieces I could have used from the old floor would have been the casting deck, but it was put in horribly so basically had to be cut into pieces to get out. the main floor in the back was just a think piece of plywood riveted to the boat floor 
, So basically im starting from scratch here.
Measure from the front interior “point” of the boat, back to a place where the boat has straight sides. Then mark the side of the boat (interior) at 6″ increments in the tightest part of the curve, and up to a foot at the wider part of the curve. Measure across at the matching points, then transfer to a large piece of cardboard…you may have to tape a few pieces together to get it wide enough. Then from the points marked, try to get your curve traced in. Cut a little wide and lay it in the boat, you can press and crease the cardboard if it is too wide, then cut it til you get a good fit. If you are short at one spot or another, just mark the cardboard that you need to go out 1/2″ or whatever at a given point. you should be able to get a perfect fit, with a little time put into it.
June
I’ll try my best to describe the procedure that I did when I was doing floor coverings, which amounts to tracing the contour.
First you will need a couple of saw horses or something to hold the plywood up next to the boat at the precise elevation and angle to the floor of the boat. Since the lower in the boat you go the narrower your floor will be. And make sure that the plywood is parallel to the boat. Once you have everything where you think it should be grab a stick or a 1X2 something ridged so you can trace the contour of the boats hull onto the plywood. When you cut it out you will want to use a jig saw and cut it at an angle less than 90 degrees, probably close to 60 degrees so the bottom edge of the plywood does not touch the side of the boat before the top edge is close enough.
If you go to an appliance store you might be able to get a piece of card board to practice on…
Keep it simple
1. Draw a line down the center of the boat
2. Take a measurement every 6 to 10″ from center line to outside.
3. Transfer measurments to plywood.
4. Connect the dots and cut.
5. enjoy 
I am working on a boat project myself. I am making templates from cardboard. It is free and doesn’t matter if you screw up because you can grab a new piece….a lot cheaper than cutting a piece of plywood too narrow.
use cardboard as previous replies stated,keep in mind you’ll have to allow a little extra room when you fold your carpet to the under side,also remember to drill your holes in the plywood before you glue the carpet down
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use cardboard as previous replies stated,keep in mind you’ll have to allow a little extra room when you fold your carpet to the under side,also remember to drill your holes in the plywood before you glue the carpet down
I would like to keep all the screws under the carpet, countersunk into the wood but then i suppose i wouldn’t be able to wrap carpet around the edges if the would is already in place.
Are the screws goign to be exposed if I want to wrap carpet all the way around all the edges?
The screws should pull right through the carpet. I replaced a small piece in my boat and screwed through the carpet. If you know where the screws are, you can find them. Otherwise, they are hidden. You could also use the big head pop rivets through the carpet like Lund used to do.
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