: Very nicely done! Did you have fun with the dark wood running the
: grain across?

: Bryan K

If you are referring to the bending of the strips, yeah... there were plenty of times when I thought "I have absolutely not business trying to do this". Let's say that I learned a lot about what wood does not like to do... even if it looks great on paper.

As I got knee-deep into stripping I realized that I had to compromise and that I would not be able to run every strip the way I had originally intended it. Live and learn!

On my next boat I will be less adventurous in terms of strip design and focus more on execution of details.