: 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.

Yes, that was what I was referring to. I tried that with aspen on my last boat, and after 3 days of cussing I gave up and ran them in the same direction as the other strips :-)

Bryan K