I asked this question in the “Strip: hand bevel vs b&c - opinions” thread, but rather than hijack that thread further I have started a new thread for this topic.

Modern strippers are glassed for cross-grain strength. Many years ago the strips were edge-nailed and/or tacked or rivetted to ribs. I prefer not to glass my boats for various reasons that are not the issue here, but I still want to take advantage of modern methods and materials. I suppose a glass-free stripper could be made of ply, but that might be difficult and probably heavy.

Has anyone tried gluing steamed or laminated ribs to the inside of the stripped hull to provide cross-grain strength? I have supplies of very flexible wood strips that I think could be inserted inside the boat after the strip build is completed. That would give it a fairly traditional look without the , time, work and weight of the traditional methods.

I have found that 3 mm ply with an internal cross-grain element of around 1 mm makes an adequate hard-chine canoe without glassing. This suggests the rib thickness should average 1 mm. 3 mm thick ribs would easily bend around the inside of the hull after stripping, and 1" wide ribs every 3" would, I think, look attractive.

Anyone see any snags?