: Hi,

: New to the board but I've been lurking for the last year whilst I build my
: Night Heron (high deck version). I seem to be have run into a bit of a
: problem matching up the two halves of the boat. The bottom half still fits
: the forms alright but the top half seems to be out around 10mm vertically
: and about 15mm horizontally (each side) at the centre. The movement at the
: deck happend pretty much as soon as I pulled out the staples and has got
: worse over time.

: I glassed the inside last night and today put the deck back on the forms,
: hoping that whilst the epoxy was still soft I could push it back into
: shape and once the expoxy had dried it would stay there. I forced it back
: into alignment with some ratchet hold down straps which was partially
: successful but the amount of force required seemed excessive. I'm
: wondering if the two halves will ever go together or maybe I should just
: bite the bullet and try again.

: Anybody else out there run into this problem?

This is typical deck to hull issue, do a search on it and you will see all the tricks and the large amount of tape we used. I used sticks to push out the deck to meet the hull, the problem was they would not stay until the deck and hull were taped together, so I hot glued one to the end of long 1x2 pounded them in through the cockpit. It also helps to take days to do the job, the deck will creep with time and afternoon heat. Just take your time and make it fair and all will work out.
Don