Awesome thanks pete. I think I've got it mostly sorted now. Will post pictures of how soon. Wires hairdryer v handy!

: Yo Ian in Christchurch

: Pete in Wellington here. I built a guillemot expedition single and without
: serious use of a heat gun the strips naturally follow the natural curve.
: Screws without heat gunning just made a big hole.

: I had glued my strips and noticed that the hourglass was pretty poor. So I
: just heatgunned it until the glue melted and re stapled. So I have the
: wine glass and some scorch marks to show for my efforts. At the end of the
: day the expedition is a bit squirrelly for some and for NZ conditions you
: might ponder fitting a rudder or a skeg box to lock into some serious chop
: surfing .. in which case not having the hourglassing won't be an issue.

: That could save a bunch of screw holes and scorch marks

: Cheers Pete