: My preference is to put a cheater/filler strip in when a lot of force is
: needed to bend strips.

: Cheater strips can be invisible if you let a strip run off the end of the
: boat, and use the cut off piece as the cheater strip.

: John C

Also if you have a different color strip as trim somewhere near where the cheater strips will be used, that piece will catch the eye first and then the observer will never see the cheaters

Bill H.