: Hi everyone,

: I started installing my strips and I hand bevel each of them. It takes me
: about an hour to 1.5 hours to do one strip to ensure a very good fit. How
: long do you suggest leaving the clamps on. I would like to do multiple on
: the weekend, but I am concerned that the strips especially at the stern of
: my Return will pull away.

: Andreas
Nice to hear it takes someone else as long as me to fit a strip! I was looking through the archives and some people say they can bevel a strip in a couple of minutes.Anyway, I'm currently building a Guillemot(my first kayak building project) and if it is a strip with a lot of twist or bend in it I leave it clamped fo 3 hrs. I also steam the strip to take some of the stress out of it.
I made some test strips which I glued together then broke apart at set intervals of time to see how strong the glue had set. The glue was stronger than the wood at 1.5 hrs.You might want to try this with your glue.
Richard