Long story short, my friend passed away unexpectedly in the middle of building a wood strip kayak, and I decided to finish the boat for his girlfriend to keep, and also because he'd hate it if all his work went unfinished. A fiberglassing contractor I know has agreed to help with that part, so mostly I'm just doing the woodworking. It's coming along pretty well, but I'm having some problems with warping-- I live in Georgia, and the humidity is killer. When I got the boat, the deck and hull pretty much constructed, and had been separated from the form. I've been planing down and shaping the deck so it will sit just inside the hull (as the fiberglasser requested) but am now finding that as the hull as sat separated from the form, it how opened up a bit. So my plan is to get the deck all shaped, and then bend the hull back so it fits snugly around it, but I'm wondering what the best way to do this is, without risking it cracking along the strip seams? Obviously I can't build a steam box for the whole hull, so I'm wondering if getting it wet and heating it with a hair drying, or steaming it with a hand steamer would be enough?
I'm sure I'll have lots more questions as I move forward with the project, and I'd appreciate any advice I can get.
Thanks!