: I've finished stripping the hull of my Firestar and did a 60 grit
: sanding. The stern is slightly offline as can be seen by the
: keel line following the stern to the rest of the boat in this
: picture:

:
: https://picasaweb.google.com/114087146263830962647/FirestarBuild?authkey=Gv1sRgCKye4-2U4-eCCA&feat=email#5575104061434231826

: Is this something I need to worry about? I tried shifting the form
: under the stern but it had little effect on the stern's
: position. I'm guessing that once I fiberglass the outside of the
: hull I'll lock the position of the stern in forever. If I do try
: to correct the stern position what would be the best approach to
: take? Wondering if I'll need to get used to paddling in circles
: if it's left as-is.

: A few other pics:
: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=114087146263830962647&target=ALBUM&id=5575103947069727233&authkey=Gv1sRgCKye4-2U4-eCCA&feat=email

: Mark

Hi Mark,
It looks like the strip that you glued at the keel is just a slight bit squiggle. It looks like with careful plaining you could straighten out the keel line. With the contrasting color the keel strip may still appear to not be straight and if that bothers you plain it (the keel strip) off and glue a new one on straighter. If you are uncomfortable with it, fix it now before the glass work. It only takes a short while to correct now and you can feel better about getting things like you want.
By the way the hull looks great.
Clayton Plunkett