> I have a stitch and glue question regarding my CLC West River162 .

> I just glued up my scarfed hull panels and I have some misalignment
> problems. The instructions emphasize that each pair of hull panels must be
> mirror images of each other, or the hull will be asymmetrical. I am having
> two difficulties in this regard:

> 1) The pre-cut panel sections were not identical to begin with ( slightly
> warped, slightly different widths at scarf joints, slightly different
> lengths). I estimate warping variances on my hull sections up to a 4mm
> deviation from each other along the length of their curve. This compounds
> when the sections are joined to full panel length. This the worst case,
> not all of them are this bad.

> 2) My own error. Some slippage occurred during the clamp-up of the panel
> sections and some of my joints are offset (one section slid up 1/16"
> relative to the other).

> I realize that I will have to reshape the panels with the resulting panels
> being a slightly different shape and smaller than the originals.

> How can I fix them? Can this reshaping be done while preserving the
> general proportions of the boat?

> Thanks for your help. -Will

Will; I'll accept the statement (somewhere else on the Kbbs) that people get what they deserve when they buy plans and use full size patterns. What I can't tolerate is paying full price, as you apparently did, and getting mismatched collection of parts that are supposedly high quality, expensive wood, cut out on a computer controlled machine (the cost of which contributes to the price of the kit) and going through the agravation you have had!! A portion of your troubles were self-induced, but a meticulous assembler would still be left with the mismatch parts. I would be tempted to drive to Maryland and get replacements for the parts!! Perhaps I misunderstand some of your post, but still it seems that the kit was doomed to begin with. Good luck, and with the good help you've gotten, she'll float, and still look good. TNX, Scotty