Before screwing together my ladder-style strongback, I have it clamped together. It has taken a bit of clamping to get a little twist out of one of the 16-foot 2x6s running along the side. The resulting strongback is slightly twisted with one corner raised about 3/8th of an inch.

My question now is -- do I accept this and adjust the station molds to keep the boat's shape true, or do I scrap the problem 2x6 and buy another 16-foot board to use for my strongback?

By the way -- maybe I should say -- I plan to build a Cosine Wherry. Ok, it is not a kayak, but i have a SOF baidarka, and I would like a boat I can take a passenger out in.

Thanks in advance for the advice,

Brian Ramoly