So I thought that I'd share the status of my build. Things got a little interesting because of my decision to cut my panels on the diagonal of the 4'x8' plywood... All panels were roughly 8'4" in length, and I was not about to scarf for that.

Well, this made the wood grain work against me once it was stitched together. Now, with the average S&G kayak hull, you are working with 4 panels, and where they meet in the bottom forms a Keel of sorts, which aids in the alignment of the whole deal. With my planing hull, and the bottom panel wanting to curve on the diagonal, I knew things would be interesting come alignment. The diagonal curving of the side panels also hurt me.

So... I'm sure i am not the first person to do this, but I used a self made piece of twisted pair wire to "tune the boat". Once i saw the twist, i knew something like this would square things up. I'm mentioning it here because this is a really EASY way of straightening things up.