Jimmy,

I stripped the ends of my deck. They're flat, which made it easy in my case. If you have a slight curve, you might be able to make a deck beam where the two pieces come together and just do a butt joint on top of the beam. You could sandwich-in a thin strip of wood between the panels in a contrasting color so that the grain differences wouldn't be so obvious.

Ross

: I think I know the photo you are talking about. It looks like those shapes
: were painted/stained on rather than inserted pieces of plywood. I might
: try something like that. I also might just use a very different colour of
: wood for the small piece at the bow rather than trying to hide the joint.
: I think that right near the bow the deck doesn't bend much so you might
: not need a very strong joint.

: Jimmy