: I've never built with an interal strongback, just seems odd to me,
: but it works for Nick. I like internal stems though, makes the
: construction so much easier since the strips can be both stapled
: and glued to the stem. I normally very lightly hot glue it in
: place, couple small dabs of hot glue, and this can be relatively
: easily removed from the frames/strongback after the hull is
: built.

: Someone that's built using Nick's method can correct this if this
: doesn't work building that way :)

: Bill H.

That seems to be the way to do it from everything that I have read also, as far as my initial question the internal stem does extend beyond the shear about 3/4 of an inch and rounds over the deck so to speak a bit also, I think I will just carry on and when it comes to it I can use that to glue the two deck shear strips to and cut the stem between the two shears to seperate the deck and hull...seems logical I'll cross that bridge when I get there.