Unicorn, a small electric fantail launch

 Lot's of Clamps These two pics show how I glue on one complete row of strips. This is row 15 from the edge of the plywood. As you can see in the right hand picture, the stern end of the strips is approaching the sharpest bend in the inwale. I still haven't figured out exactly how I'm going to lay the strips in this area. There is a transition point somewhere where these strips, which glue to the bottom of the inwale, meet the strips (not in place yet) coming up from the outside   face of the inwale. And to make matters even more challenging, the two pieces of Ash that I got for the outwale are not long enough to go from the centerline of the stern all the way to the bow. Since they have to go to the bow to tie them to the stem (the front piece of the hull) they will stop somewhere near or short of the sharp bend in the inwale at the stern. This means the strips that go along the outside of the inwale will have to taper to zero so they "disappear", but then what t...

Rear Hull is Stripped! I started at the outer edge of the plywood and went inboard from there. This was the most challenging place to start but I didn't really have much choice since the stips had to align with the edge of the plywood. The final few central strips were tough to put in, requiring much planeing and fitting to get them to fit properly. Even so there are a few "bugs" in the layout where I cut off a little too much and the strips don't quite make it flush to the plywood. Eagle eyed viewers will see that part of the strips seems lighter color. I sanded a little just to see how much works that's going to be. The outer strips should go faster because I can glue more at once. I've learned that I have to wait about 2-3 hours for the glue to set enough so I can remove the clamps and start more rows. I can glue 3 strips at once, but that entails getting glue all over everything. The curve of the fantail requires beveling the ends of the strips to mate wit...