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lesson learned.

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OK, here are my choices:

1. Taper the bow center frame more so its front end more nearly
matches the height of the sides at the bow point, or,

2. Add more height to the stringers along the top of the sides near
the bow by gluing a very long wedge shaped piece to the stringer.

Suggestions?

The stringers shouldn't bridge a gap where you can't get the side
panels to meet the bottom - the panels need to be in contact, or very
close to it, and the stringer needs to fill the angle between the two.
Building up the stringer to bridge the gap sounds weak and dificult
to seal effectively.

I'd suggest slowing down a bit - put aside half an hour to check that
everything is now symetrical and level.
Check that the boat is level and evenly supported all round, then
sight down the centre frame, and measure from a central point on the
daggerboard case to the edge of the bottom panel on each side -
checking measurements are near enough the same each side, everything
is straight, etc etc.
You can fix any problems you find now, but when you have the side
panels attached all the way to the bow, that's about that (without
major surgery).

I had to bow out the top edge of each side panel fairly severely to
get the front of the side panel to turn up enought to meet the forward
end of the bow frame. This meant cutting in a fairly sharp bevel into
the side of the bottom stringers - far more than the normal 7deg.
There was a fair amount of sweatin' and cursin' before I got a good
fit.

Do a test fit with half the number of screws before going near the
glue bottle.
When you're happy, release, glue up, then rescrew.

Good luck,

bookieb

Used BookieB advice. Got things to fit better but had to cut a
radical angle on bottom stringer, probably 20 degrees. Still had to
reduce height of bow frame by 1/4". Managed to get sides mostly
glued. Am using epoxy that is very old and it seems to set up very
fast even with very little hardener.

Took 3 1/2 days off to go caving. This evening, managed to get the transom on.