: I posted a question last week about the difficulty of stripping (I'm a real
: kayak novice) the transition curves from hull to keel. One suggestion was
: to try steam bending - which seems entirely logical. As you can see from
: the pic It's the last 3' of the last three hull strips that will not twist
: sufficiently to conform to the stations - they are fine over the rest of
: their length.

Hello; I have not built the boat your working on but on my guillemont I used bar clamps on the end of the strip for a lever the longer the clamp the more leverage you can achieve. when I got close to what I wanted I used strapping tape to lock it down.

Good luck

: Should I try starting over by scarfing new tails (to be steam bent) onto
: those 3 strips either side?

: Presumably any glue should only be added AFTER the strips dry-out from
: steaming?