Here's my concern. This is my first strip-built project. I've finished strippin' the hull on this 17 foot Dovkie(design by Chip Chandler in Maine). I have fliiped her over with forms in place. In this design, the hull is a full curve and the sheer strip is perpindicular to the floor. The deck is much flatter ie. a shallow curve that sits on the hull like a lid on a pot. His instructions advise not to start the first strip around the sheer because of the tightness of the curve but to start up the deck a bit. Strip to the center and then work down later over lapping the hull edge and cutting off the excess later.

I would prefer to start decking by running a strip around the sheer. I have tested this and the strip seems to go quite nicely around the sheer line and secures cleanly to the hull and forms with staples. I'm wondering if the tension I'm creating by doing this is going to deform the deck when I remove it from the forms. This is the only explanation I can come up with for Mr. Chandler's written advice not to strip from the sheer line.

Anybody want to take a shot at this???