: 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!

On a strip built boat the hull and deck mate exactly on top of each other, the deck doesn't fit inside the hull, was never intended to do that.

Bill H.