I'm finishing up the hull on my Outer Island stripper and am laying out the wood I will be using on the deck. The boat is all Northern White Cedar except for accent pieces, which will be walnut and cherry. The design calls for creating strips that will be 14" of cedar, 4" walnut, 14" cedar, 4" walnut, ad infinium ( or ad nauseum or ad boredom.) Some strips will be cedar/cherry/cedar/cherry, etc. It is a Navajo-style chevron pattern (I know, the Navajos weren't great kayakers...;-)

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Will this be a big headache when it comes to fairing the boat later on? Will I have a hard time keeping the hardwoods and softwoods 'even'? The one big consolation is that these strips will be running down the center of the deck, about a 10" swath from bow to stern; it's flat with the exception of a slight crown over the foot area.

Please advise before I get too far!... Thanks in advance Dean