: I started to plane a strip for my shear strip and tried to bend it to follow
: the first three forms. My strip would bend for the tip of the stemform to
: the second form fine. It looks like I need it to bend almost 4 in. in the
: next foot. When I tried this my cove broke before getting close. any
: sugestions?

The Night Heron has quite a tight curve at the bow and stern. To make the bend easier I taper the strips at the ends. The problem with this is it makes it so the next strips need to bend even more, so I continue with a few narrow strips then let a wide strip go straight. Then I filled "up" from this strip with cheater to the sheer strips.

The picture below is as good as I have for showing this stripping pattern.