RE: stripping the deck on a stitch-n-glue hull

> It wasn't pretty in the making.

> I ripped a bunch of 2/4's I had, plus some then unknown wood that had been
> shelves (was maple I then discovered). Laid them out in various patterns
> on the bed of my wifes truck, and got her to look them over as well.
> Aranged them in what was pleasing to me.

> To attach, I really and truly simply brass tacked the first piece at the
> bow, and then at the bulkhead. I continued this process working outward,
> shear clamp to bulkhead. To achieve the strip angle I liked, I simply
> tugged or pushed the pieces.

> Part way through this high tech tacking job I discovered that the pieces
> had their own ideas about curvature, and didn't necessarily line up with
> the piece next to them. By a long shot at times.

> First I tried taping them together. That didn't work. Then I tried
> globbing some epoxy between the pieces. That didn't work well either. Then
> I tried taping a piece underneath (don't ask me why I didn't just turn the
> boat over, it didn't occur to me). That too didn't work. Finally I just
> ran staples over things joining them (only stapled my fingers a few
> times). That worked. I tell people those dark tiny holes are wormwood
> holes.

The idea of a strip built deck on a stitch-n-glue hull really peaked my interest as well. It seems to me like it would be a good combination of wood boat builting techniques that would be a little easier then a kayak that is all strip built. I havne't built a strip built kayak, but from looking at the Homegrown Boats video it looked like the deck would be a lot easier.

What I'm thinking of is taking something like a CLC Northbay and putting a stripped deck on it. Since it has a shear clamp it seems like it would be fairly easy to add several removable forms to the sheer clamp for stapling. The question, is however, how to create the temporary forms. Any ideas?