: Good afternoon everyone. I just got to the point where I am fully
: finished with the form and started adding strips to it. I posted
: an update on my site detailing it so far -
: http://thetoughline.com . I have to say that this part, by fa,r
: has been the most part of the process I have encountered.

I like how you firmly anchored the bow and stern stations. There is stress in pulling these form side to side as you strip. For aligning I used some deep C Clamps that I could use to align the lower stations in stern before driving a screw. I could get it perfectly aligned down to a line width accuracy. For the front half stations I could get a C deep clamp on most except the higher deck stations. I was accurate on centerline and waterline views. Also, I used a couple of scrap cherry pieces to clamp vertically on the bow and stern stations with a across piece that I tied yellow braided fishing line. Braided line is strong and has just the right stretch to tighten flat with no sag. I would adjust the braided line up and down depending on the station I was aligning. I was able to align all the stations with a line width, except station eight. It was slightly off on the waterline no matter what I did, so I spilt the difference.... I also, set the cherry wood aligning pieces high to check, end to end, that stern and bow station were aligning perfectly to the rest of the stations, then I flip the boat over and double check everything.... I found when I mount cleats to the bow stations it moved slightly side ways. I found this after I align the deck side and check the mis-alignment on the hull side of the bow station. Make it accurate here. This is your foundation... Good Luck...