I've been looking at your Wee Lassie II picks today. What a beautiful boat!! What caught my eye the most was the ash strips at the bow and stern. Trying to figure out a way, if possible, to do the same thing on the clc West River kayak that i'm getting ready to build. I know the consturction techniques are completely different but there has to be a way to incorporate this into a s&g kayak. What i had in mind was making a form like yours that the strips are laminated to with the strips being wider than the form by the thickness of the plywood. This would allow the ply to butt up against the strips and be stitched to the form. What i cant figure out is how this would affect the lines of the panels and how to modify those lines appropriately. Any ideas, advice or wisdom anyone?????????????