: Could i glue up stips to make a pieece about 2' wide and 19' long run a layer
: of glass on one side (the inside)

Yes, maybe you can do that as a theoretical matter, but I made two panels as spec'd in the plans: The foredeck and rear deck, then joined them as they were attached to the hull. I also agree that you'll be wanting to glass the underside of the deck.

: and then put it on just like the okemme?

"Just like"? Nope, not a chance! The individual strips will be at least partially 'glued' to its neighbor, and remember that the INSIDE, or concave, surface is glassed. What will happen as you bend is that the epoxy between the strips, being locally stronger than the wood, will not flex, while the wood strips have to take all the bending. Well, on my project, they wouldn't; the strips started cracking and splitting almost immediately, even on the more gently curved rear deck. I found I had to run a utility knife down every stinking joint, scoring the epoxy enough that it would split enough to get some curvature. Then, before glassing the deck, I had to re-fill those resulting gaps.

: Or is there a reason that the okemme goes on in two pieces

One reason that it goes on in two pieces is that an already-joined, flat panel with the big cockpit hole in the middle would be very floppy and fragile. Another is that it wouldn't really be flat; the differing curvatures of the front and rear decks also means different arc lengths. In actual construction, this difference is made up by twisting the narrow ends enough to mate.

: or a reason that
: i would not get a fair curve tourtuing my strip built sheet?

Nope, if you do it with thin enough strips (I used 3/16" x 1.5") you can get pretty fair lines.

: Questions,
: questions, questions. Thanks, Todd

Good luck; I wish you well... .