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Strip: beginner build mistake.
By:jesse Auger
Date: 7/26/2015, 6:05 pm

Hello. I am a beginner builder, using the strip build book by Nick Schade to build a guillemotte.. I have not taken a kayak building class. I thought things were going pretty well until when I finished the hull and flipped it over. The bow from the end of the strongback vears off to one side due to my poor technique joining the ends. I should have watched the videos more to understand how to do this better. I attempted alternating sides to create the bow, but it got pushed to one side and I didnt notice it in the confines of my workspace I saw some suggestions on another thread about fixing a problem like this and I thought it would be wise to address this before I went any farther. I am not starting over and i am not scrapping it. Its just wood and I know it can be fixed. My next one will be straight.

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Strip: beginner build mistake.
jesse Auger -- 7/26/2015, 6:05 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/26/2015, 10:57 pm
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Justin -- 7/27/2015, 10:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/27/2015, 7:23 pm
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Edward -- 7/28/2015, 2:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/28/2015, 3:16 pm
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jesse Auger -- 7/28/2015, 4:39 pm
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jesse Auger -- 7/28/2015, 6:31 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/28/2015, 8:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2015, 7:26 am