: I'm building a guillemot and I'm not sure about the cockpit area. I
: have stripped the bottom half and flipped the kayak over to
: start on the decking side. I have installed the sheer strips,
: but I started to think about the cockpit area. The cock pit
: flattens out so I am not sure how the strips will go. do I strip
: just a few inches past forms 7 & 11 and trim them off, or do
: I bend the strips to follow the formers between 7 & 11?

Hi Al your boat looks good so far. The cockpit stripping is not all that complicated I just finished a guillemot a few months ago and all I did was use the cockpit template with the centerline and forms lined up and marked the edge of the cockpit recess on the forms it touches ( I believe it is 8,9,10). If I recall I stripped just over 8 and 10 with a couple of really twisty one on each side from the bow going over 8 and onto 9. Do the template thing it will show you what to do.

here is a pic of my guillemot hope this helps

dave g