: I am building the Guillemot L and have stripped the hull, flipped
: it over and now starting the deck. While working on the hull I
: noticed that in some spots I could not force the twist and bend
: of the strips to match the forms and it would would pull out the
: staples by as much as 4mm particularly in the concave areas of
: form numbers 2, 3, 15 and 16. This will result in a slightly
: less fine of an entry and exit for the water encountering the
: hull. Does anyone have a handle as to whether this will have a
: noticable affect on performance.

I was so where you are right now! Don't start over just wet the wood with hot water and pinch in the areas. It will need a way to clamp all the way around evenly so spend a couple minutes cutting some blocks to pinch where you need it to. I then tied a rope around the forms and used a bar to twist the rope tight...really tight! And taped it in place. I would soak a towel in hot water twice a day and place it on it as well as spray the inside with hot water whenever I had a chance I left the rope clamp on for 6 days first three with water treatment last three to dry it out. This worked perfectly. The gap between the forms was a quarter to 3/8 of an inch and after every strip was right tight to the forms. To make sure it stayed put I put a staple it each strip and every couple of weeks I would just look to see if they were pulling out to ease my mind but none did.

nothing to it good luck

dave g