: My friend and I just built an internal strongback boxbeam for a Cape Ann
: Storm. It's as straight as we could possibly get it, but it's still not an
: arrow. This is my first strip boat (2 S&G CLC 17LTs), and I'm wondering if
: a perfectly straight strongback is absolutely essential.

: Can we get the kayak keel line perfect without building a table to lay the
: beam on and shimming it perfectly straight and square?

: THanks.

Hi Mike

I used a beam and it wasn't at a straight, but it was fine. I wrote up some notes on a blog article if you're interested, esp on aligning the forms.

Have fun! Ian