: I'm trying to finalize my alignment and I'm finding something a
: littalignment when I clamp my strip absolutely flush with a form
: 1/2" thick, it screws up the lines (this boat has 11 forms
: for a 17+" boat). I am comfortable that my forms are right,
: but I realize that once I start stripping, if I get my strips
: completely flush, I'll get a wavy hull. Right now the ones one
: forms 1-5 need to be a little "free" towards the back
: of the form, and forms towards the back of the hull need the
: strips a bit free in the front.

: How is this normally managed correctly with staples? I see how once
: the sheer strips are applied you just align it with the one
: below, but I don't have sheer strips on yet.

Strips only hit a corner of the forms, not supposed to sit flat on them, they'd have to be tapered to match the curves of the boat for that to happen, which they arn't.

Bill H.