This worked for me -

Strip the hull. glass the outside of the hull. cut the stations from the external strongback. put a few cradles on the strongback to hold the keel. put the keel (with stations) on the cradles, on the strongback. strip the deck. glass the top of the deck. pull it apart. brace the hull and deck so they do not curl. glass the inside of the hull. glass the inside of the deck. Cross your fingers and join them with glass inside and out.

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: Hi I am a newbie and prepping to make my first strip build and have
: a few questions on form removal and Deck/Hull joining using an
: external
: strongback. Most of the videos and tutorials I have
: found are for using an internal strong back. However I have already
: built and am planing on using an external strong back.

: My questions are:

: When do you remove the forms from the haul?

: Do you build the haul glassit remove the forms set the hull aside
: then flip the forms over remount them on the strong back and
: strip up the deck? If so how
: do you get the deck and haul to line/mate up properly?

: I have seen some people use a lamentation shear strip inside to get
: things lined up and tied together – what are pros and cons of
: this vs a strip of fiberglass down the seam inside?