forming a slope a first and a second side template are created and are placed on either side of the foam the templates act as guides for the hotwire to make cutting faster and easier the watercrafts in turn are faster easier and thereby cheaper to manufacture the hotwire with template cuts the slope in the bottom of the bow the slope is formed ranging from about 4 foot in length from a 4 inch thickness in the foam to a 2 inch thickness in the foam the slope can be a 3 foot long slope in smaller watercrafts and still form a usable stable watercraft the slope can be longer in larger watercrafts the thickness of the foam is kept at least 2 inches to ensure the ability of the watercraft to sustain impact such as with a dock or a bridge or a trailer two more templates are formed essentially a third and a fourth template the third template is a top template and the fourth template is the bottom template a hotwire is used to form a slope from the top of the floats to the bottom as an example the slope reduces the width of the assembled floats from an.