You seemed to have covered it pretty well John! Thanks.

The after deck is the only tricky part to strip. Even with a cockpit form the strips want to form waves in the surface. It's a tricky spot to keep fair. For a visual of this pin a strip to three forms that are roughly the same height. Now push down between two of the points. The other "middle" will rise. This is classic beam theory. The cockpit on the Njord/Frej is doing the same thing. At the cockpit you are pushing down between two points causing the next section to rise. Which makes the next section dip. Which makes the next section rise... etc. It's hard to totally eliminate this wave in the surface. You can only minimize it's effect by clamping between strips. 1/2 forms would help also.

I made the "Nereida" Njord totally out of hardwoods. Even reduced to 1/8" thick the Honduran mahogany and curly maple I had would not form the vertical curve aft of the cockpit. I ended up approximating it with a flat recess. Same effect and easier to strip.

Try and get the curve though. It's very organic and greatly adds to the design.