: 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.

Peter, the : 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?
Peter, The same thing happened to me with my Night Heron. I tried the stick trick but it didn't work for me. At the end of my rope, I epoxied the hull to the deck with the deck overhanging in places. I then rasped and sanded the over hang off. Where there were gaps I filled it with expoxy and saw dust. Nw you would never know there had been a problem. The hull and the deck look perfectly joined. Steve