Well, I also did some wierd cuts with my table saw [keeping my fingers well out of the way]* to remove quite a bit of stock.

I probably spent 2 hours max shaping them. I shaped about 10% after they were in--they were a bit too inaccessible to shape after they were glued in. Mostly, I finish sanded them and did a little bit of top edge smoothing after they were in.

http://home.bendcable.com/siegels94/Kayak2/Shawn's%20Yak%204.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/guillemot/kneehook2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/guillemot/kneehook3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/guillemot/kneehook4.jpg

And that's not a light gap you can see below the knee hook. It's..umm...a scratch on the negative....yeah...on the digital camera!....

http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/guillemot/kneehook5.jpg

Shawn

*Disclaimer: don't do this at home
: Shawn - thanks for the info. It sure looks nice when it's finished. Any idea
: how long you spent shaping? What part (if any) of the shaping did you do
: after the blocks were glued in?

: Ross