Hello,First off, to get good bonding to the forms yet still be able to release the hull I shellaced the edges of the forms instead of using tape. Next I used the long set type hot glue, it gives you several minutes to position your work before it sets up. I used the plywood cut outs and spring clamps that Niock mentions in his book, After putting on the sheer strip I put spring clamps and plywood C blocks on the bottom edge to help hold it in place while I installed the next few strips (requires a lot of spring clamps)and finally on hard to bend areas I hot glued little square blocks to the forms where needed to use a screw clamp to add more pressure. I do agree with Nick that it was probably over kill to strip the hull without staples, The deck is the most visable part so you might want to concentrate your efforts there. Kenny > thanks for your b board response. Using no staples, how did you hold the
> shear and other bow and stern strips with lots of sweep in place? Hot glue
> just isn't working for me. I've tried the fixtures in Nick's book with
> clamsps but that's cumbersome and doesn't work very well, especially when
> the two strips below want to give way because you are pressing down on
> them. I'd appreciate any suggestions