: You can run all of your strips parallel to the waterline, and strip
: right over the sheer line, but then you have to use a batten to
: line off the sheer line and trim it pretty accurately or your
: sheer line will be lumpy and stand out as an obvious flaw.

: If you put a strip down along the sheer line, you'll be able to run
: your strips parallel to your waterline until at some point the
: strip will touch the sheer strip in the middle. At that point
: you'll have to fit a strip at the bow and the stern separately,
: and butt them up against the sheer strip after you shape the end
: to fit the curvature of the sheer strip. The advantage of doing
: it this way is that the sheer strip acts as your batten, and
: will give you a nice smooth sheer.

: I know the way you said to run the hull, but I actually did the
: same thing on my hull, by running a pair of strips bevelled to
: fit the center line on either side of the center line, then I
: fitted my hull strips to this centerline.

: It doesn't matter as long as the whole thing gets covered.

: m

So if I started stripping parallel to the waterline, then, when I get to the sheerline, I would eventually end up with a full length strip with a sheerline shaped piece taken out of the side of it, is that correct?
From then on, the bow & stern cheater strips wouldn't need that super fine trim.

Glen G