If using matches worked, it worked. I wouldn't recommend planing adjacent to the low spot, that just makes the low spot larger, it doesn't remove it. The strength is in the glassing, not the wire stitching. Using matches and such to adjust the shape, and then filling the gap with filleting (not fairing) compound and taping it will be fine.

> Hey all,

> I've got my CLC stitched together and am planning to tape the
> seams this weekend but I am a little nervous to make everything permanent.
> I have an oil can low spot (reference: hull upside down) right under
> the cockpit. I know I need to work it out before I tape but I am not
> sure of the best method. The instructions say to relax some stitches
> and insert some shims (low) or remove some stitches and plane(high).
> I tried wedging some match sticks in the low spot last night and that
> seemed to correct the line of the keel but it made a nice gap. Now
> should I just put some more matches and tape over the gap and be happy
> or should I take things apart and plane on both sides of the low spot.
> It does not have to be perfect but yet I want it to be a good as I
> can get it.