I am currently desiring to build an S&G Night Heron (i.e. holding my breath, gnawing on my dogs rawhide bodes, you know - WAITING!!! for the prints to be released). Nick said sometime in September, but there is nothing on his website yet and I did not see any posts about a release, nothing on the Newfound site either. Is your Heron a beta kit from Newfound?

: I am currently building the S&G hybrid Night Heron.

: On some boats like the CLC S&G boats the deck meets the sides in an angle
: where a sheer clamp makes sense.

: On the Night Heron the angle that the deck meets the sides is quite steep
: (greater that 135 degrees)in some places and a sheer clamp just will not work
: or I can't see how it would work.

: I am nervous about that step but I still have many other hurdles before I get
: to that point. My hope is by the time I get there my confidence level will
: see it as just another problem in a line of them that I have already
: solved.

: My only advice is take your time, plan it out and test if possible on some
: scap things before you go. I would also use the "blue" tape to
: tape the deck and hull together since I have heard it does not leave tape
: residue or at least less.

: Hope this helps,

: Chris Martin