: Just finished the end pours on my Arctic Tern and much to my surprise, there
: is an area about 3 inches aft of the bow where the hull is now 1/4"
: wider than the deck. I sized the carboard dams loosely, so as not to have
: this very problem. The deck has been epoxied and reinforced on the bottom
: so there's not any give there. I don't see any easy solutions here, maybe
: accept a 1/8" wide band of thickened epoxy on either side for a
: length of about 2 inches or try to get to remove the bow end epoxy plug
: (yikes!). Any ideas?

How about cutting a kerf or two into the cured epoxy? If you cut into it VERY CAREFULLY (you don't want to damage the wood) you might be able to coax the hull back into position.

I expect that you'd need at least two (probably three) kerfs if you're trying to reduce the beam by 1/4". If each kerf is 1/8", you should be able to squeeze the hull by 1/4" and still leave some "open space" in each kerf. You could then dribble unthickened epoxy into the kerfs and let it cure.

If you pad the clamps with pieces of wood that are a few inches long, you should be able to get a reasonably fair line at the bow.

coop