I'm over half way done with hull. Starting to have to piece those strips into the "football" areas on bottom. Wondering (??????)...dang, it looks like it would have been WayEasier...to have started on the very bottom...the keep strip(S) first...and worked the way down both sides to the shear strips. That way both sides would be open ended and I wouldn't' have been trying to piece little puzzle pieces in? Besides...those shear strips would have to be planed later anyways. Arghhhhh....why does everyone work their way UP to the bottom instead of down????