: . . . As soon as you start using different colour woods, thin strips on
: tight radii,
: short strip patterns etc. B&C creates more problems than it
: solves, so I stuck to rolling bevel,
: which I think is the simpler system to use. I would dread the
: thought of trying to
: mix the two different methods on the same boat.

Les,
to ease yor dread: consider that he is bilding a "hybrid" kayak, which is based on a design meant to be build with plywood. The decks on those designs are meant to be made from flat, wide panels--with maybe some gently curves and bends. Some designs use a peaked centerline and straight sides, and others use curved deck supports and the plywood goes over them, bent in a large radius.

You may see similar deck shapes on strip-built boats simply because (I think) most decks are designed by eye. As long as they don't catch a lot of air, which would affect weather cocking, and are high enough to let people get their feet in, deck shapes don't affect paddling characteristics.

For such simple deck shapes B&C strips make it a snap to strip a deck as fast as you can apply glue and lay down the strips. Let them overhang the hull and when the glue dries just cut off the overhang. OK, I'm overly simplifying this, but if there is no design worked into the deck stripping it goes much faster than the hull stripping.

Of course with most builders of *Hybrid* kayaks they want to do a work of art, executed in wood strips, for their deck. That takes time, and fitting square-edged strips makes more sense.

Now, maybe someone can expalin to me why we don't see any "reverse" hybrids, where the hull is optimized and stripbuilt, with a strong, functional, but quick to apply plywood deck? You would get paddling performance and cost and time savings. You would give up the artistic inlay on the decks, or replace them with veneer "onlays".
Just wondering why we don't see that permutation.

PGJ