Hi Jay

I was just thinking along these lines this AM. Thanks for clarifying it in my mind.

Rich

: Then I start bending ribs. I use a rough tape measurement and make sure I'm
: about 4 inches too long on each. As a rib is bent, I place it in position,
: curve against the keel and spring clamp the rib on the insides of the
: gunnels. The next day I cut them to length allowing for the mortice depth
: and insert them in the mortices. It's so pathetically easy and fast. No
: forms, models or thinking.