Glen,
If you go back to the misty past when strippers were built without epoxy and glass you'll find that they used B&C (also called "rounds and hollows") for a reason. The strips for a rowboat would be about 7/16" x 1 1/4". Each strip was edge nailed to it's neighbor. It was difficult to keep the strips centered on each other long enough to set the nails. B&C was the answer.
The same reason applies to what we do. If each strip is on a plane with it's neighbors the amount of scraping, sanding and planing can be kept to a minimum.
Charlie

: ...or rather, TWO questions: 1) While I always assumed I'd be getting bead
: and cove bits and doing the cool-router-setup-thing, I'm beginning to
: wonder. I've talked with builders locally who say they're starting to get
: away from using b&c (at least for some parts of their boats). Varying
: reasons - bevels are easier, flat parts of decks don't need the b&c
: treatment, b&c makes cheater strips and other non-linear joints more
: difficult. Any thoughts??

: 2) It seems (to me, at least) that, no matter what type of joints are used on
: the hull and the deck, when it comes to joining the two a bead and cove
: joint doesn't work and the plain ol' double bevel is the only practical
: way to go. Am I reasoning correctly on this one?

: Really appreciate the help I've been getting from this board; I've got a
: couple more questions for later in the day!

: Thanks,

: Glenn