It looks great!

How did you get the plane out? Or is it still there?

I found that, over time, the strips may shrink a little. This becomes noticable between the forms where the boat actually gets smaller than it is able to at the forms. This gives it kind of a wavy appearance - high over the forms and low between the forms. Not a big difference and almost impossible to see untill it has a glossy finish.

Your best bet would be to plane AND glass right away. If that is not possible I would wait and plane later.

Good luck, Scott

: I have finished stripping the deck and have one pretty eye catching
: colour/hue miss-match where I butt joined two strips. I would like to
: apply some sort of a stain or varnish to the offending strip just to tone
: it down a little. When I come to glassing the boat will the epoxy bond
: onto a strip that has been treated with a stain or varnish?

: Also...I want to fair the hull and then leave it till spring before glassing,
: Brian whose helping me out thinks this is not a good idea as the strips
: might shift slightly. My idea is that as all the strips are glued to one
: another anyway so if they do shift they will all do so together. He is
: just worried that I may end up planing the hull twice.

: Tip; Fridays lesson learnt, be very careful where you put the block plane
: when fitting those final strips!!!