I'm underway...

4 strips scarfed and being planed to go into position...

And for a daily dose of irony - the whole reason I went the hot glue method was to save some time during the stripping process...Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I can only set up 4 strips to work with a day anyway between waiting for glue to dry and the like :)

I already ran into a big problem. The sheer line strip went thin on the nose...I didn't notice this until I went to go glue in the second strip. What I plan on doing is glue a scrap strip to that indented piece and planing down a new surface fair to the 2nd strip, then explain to my wife that's it's a design feature of the boat.

My scarfing jigs are popping out more strips that are ready to go on the boat...but the whole process of planing the strips and glueing everything down is boat loads of fun (bah dump bump).

Quick question - how are you guys fixing the nose strips to the nose station? Staples?