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Strip: Bow end of Deck
By:aikijay
Date: 8/30/2014, 9:19 am

I have finished stripping my Guillimot deck and am about to glass it. At the point where the strips come together at the very tip of the bow it is more like an inverted "U" than a solid end, which occurs naturally since the strips have to follow the forms and actually come together beyond the end of the form, slightly. When mated with the hull, either the deck half would protrude slightly beyond the deck or as I trim it back it will expose more of the inverted"U' shape with a hole at he end. I'm thinking of sawing off a couple of inches and inserting a solid block, which I would carve and rasp to become part of the fair curve. Anyone encounter this? Would you do this before or after glassing? Before or after joining deck to hull? Thanks for any advice.
Jay

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Strip: Bow end of Deck
aikijay -- 8/30/2014, 9:19 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/30/2014, 9:51 am
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Rod Tait -- 8/30/2014, 10:32 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/30/2014, 2:31 pm
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aikijay -- 8/30/2014, 2:57 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/30/2014, 3:58 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 8/31/2014, 7:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/31/2014, 12:29 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/31/2014, 12:29 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 9/2/2014, 12:52 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/2/2014, 1:27 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 9/2/2014, 11:15 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/3/2014, 5:40 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/3/2014, 7:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/3/2014, 12:17 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/6/2014, 12:08 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/6/2014, 11:43 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/6/2014, 1:37 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/6/2014, 1:52 pm
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aikijay -- 9/2/2014, 7:49 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/2/2014, 2:52 pm
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george jung -- 9/2/2014, 3:40 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 9/3/2014, 8:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/3/2014, 12:10 pm
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