Well ... you've asked an unanswerable question ... the answer depends on what your definition of "a better hull shape" is.

Chines and stringers made of 3/4" X 1" stock with the 3/4" wide edge resting against the ribs are definitely doable if you use cedar or pine ... but be prepared to fight the chines a bit due to the beam of your boat (the chines will have to bend slightly more) and the length of your chines (shorter length is harder to bend). My F1 is a good example of this ... can be challenging with pine chines on the fat boy version. I think you'll be fine though.

Whether you go single or multichine you'll have to bend your ribs to suit whichever you decide. You'll also have to fiddle a bit with the chine and/or keel height to get the hull shape, dead rise and cloth clearance that your shooting for.

My advice is decide what ya want (or flip a coin!) and plan it out the best ya can ... but plan a few steps ahead because once ya start bending ribs ... the rib shape has the potential to cause a few unexpected glitches.

Ken Blanton

: So I have gotten my top deck one of my Greenland style kayak. Ribs
: slots mortised deck beams lashed and ready to install the keel
: stringer and bow and stern pieces.
: I have been reading a number of books and been on more websites
: than I can count. I have officially confused myself. I am trying
: to decide if I am better of with a keel stringer and one chine
: strip on either side as per several books. or keel stringer and
: two chine stringers on either side. For the sake of informed
: help my kayak is 16'6 and has a 24" beam. The depth bow to
: stern is 10", 9" and 7". I consider myself an
: intermediate paddler and paddle the Seattle area. 60% of the
: time on lakes and sloughs and the rest in puget sound. I am
: looking for stability and as much speed as possible. My initial
: plan was to do the keel stringer and chine stringers with
: 1"x3/4" cedar sitting on the 3/4" side on all
: three strips. I am wondering if I would get a better hull shape
: with 5 total strips on laying on the 1" side but with less
: distance between each stringer.
: Thank you in advance. Can't wait to get this figured out so i can
: start bending ribs. Oh wait I am terrified of that part :)

: Stefan