: If you have a boat to paddle in the meanwhile I wouldn't discount a
: strip deck. Jon is right in that it will will probably be
: simpler to go with ply, but making a strip deck is a lot of fun
: and a great learning process.

: You don't need deck formers every foot. Spaced at 18 to 22 inches
: works just fine if you use spring clamps between forms to keep
: the strips aligned. Fewer forms will make it easier to get fair
: curves. They also don't have to be evenly spaced if you are
: doing it yourself, just put them where you need them most.

: If you have starting points for the deck shape, in the form of the
: bulkheads and designed shapes for deck beams, you are half way
: there. Install those and run some heavy (not too bendy) strips
: across them and then fill in as required with further formers.

: If the coaming is designed with rings or half rings you can most
: likely make them work on a strip deck. You may have to cut full
: rings in the middle to get them to lay flat. You can always jazz
: up a ply coaming with a final laminate of strips.

Thanks Etienne, I thought I needed the deck forms every 12". It will make easier if they don't have to be that close. I did build an Endevor about 10 years ago at the boat building school in Frisco with Ted Moores. So I do have some stripping experience.