: Have to remember you're building a boat, out of wood :)

: Professional boatbuilders usually work to plus or minus and
: 1/8", usually with a + or - sign to indicate if the line is
: should be slightly larger or smaller than an 1/8 away from
: center. Has worked well for hundreds of years doing it that way.
: Many designers have decimal numbers on their plans, some to the
: thousands because the drawings are done on a CAD program, that
: degree of accuracy isn't possible in wood, just round those
: numbers and you'll be fine.

: Bill H.

Thanks yeah that makes sense. Now that I've almost finishing laying the strips I can totally appreciate that a difference here and there is of no real consequence.