Miscellaneous student projects 4 The loft in the Bates boatbuilding shop; a fairly large boat is still laid out on the lofting floor, though all necessary information has been taken from it and people are walking freely over it. Dean Goodrich working on Trumbly's lofting exercise soon after entering the program. In this exercise, a 7.5-foot boat was lofted on a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood. Another student's plywood sheet is seen in the background. <Prev. Next>