Hi Ian, I have done it that way for building two of Nick's boats. The first build I used a 1/4" wide feature strip of aspen for the exposed side. It workded very well as it is a harder wood and I didn't get any banged up edges on the cove even with lots of handling. On the 2nd project I used western red cedar, and it did get banged up a little, but I don't think anyone could tell by the finished product.

I will continue to use this technique.

I also posted the question a while back to see what others were doing and the response was that some plans suggest to do it that way.

Nick has very good reasons for beveling the edges, but it isn't really required.

Tom

: In Nicks book he talked of using two shear strips, one on the hull and one on
: the deck. Each of these has just a cove routed to one side and a bevel on
: the other, these two are then aligned when the two halves are finished.

: Would it not be possable to use one shear strip with a cove routed on both
: sides ? This would make the final aligning and glassing of the seam easier
: in my mind.

: I am sure others have thought of this before, so I am interested in other
: peoples opinions ?

: Cheers
: Ian