: Sorry Brian,

: It is a sick feeling when a creation lets go with a bang -

: I hope that an hour of thinking what you should do to rectify the situation
: will lead you to a good decision and a way that the boat can go together.

: Rick

Thanks Rick
I fixed up that scarf last night. I had to undo everthing and lay them flat again. This gave me the opportunity to recheck the panels to make sure that they match, they did.

I been told with my long outrggers that SWIFTWOOD will "track like it's on rails", but at the same time it may get "locked in irons". So putting some rocker in may be a good thing. But if you look at the photos all the rocker was added to the shearclamps, and not the keel. I put in that extremme amount of beam so the shears would straighten out. Originally it was more knife edged. Before I took it apart I put the front bulkhead at the rear's location. I liked the shape I was getting. I'll have to either put in a bresthook or some kind of form to get the bow to the shape that I want.

This might have been easier with thinner wood ( like the original plans ), or putting the shears on later ( the original plans did put the shears on first ). Unless I want to start again, sort of a mute point.