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S&G: Hull almost fair?
By:Damian wentzel
Date: 11/28/2010, 7:33 pm

Hello all again,

I've just finished with the fillets on the inside of my Night Heron Hybrid and am noticing the hull is not quite fair. There are 7 exterior forms that hold the plywood hull to shape for the process of stitching and gluing. I'm noticing that where the hull panels span between forms they are bowing out slightly toward the top making the side panels just out of fair. Should i do something to 'fix' the bowing issue before i glass the inside of the hull or is this normal and will get corrected later on? If i should do something now, any suggestions?

Thanks,
Damian