On Nov 3, 9:08 pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:33:12 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

Questions: Can I steam and bend a piece of cut plywood to go across the bow
portion of my boat, or will the steaming cause delaminating?

Probably not your best option. Plywood can be bought in thicknesses
down to 1/64". A glued-up lamination of thin sections of plywood would
accomplish your goal and make splitting or delamination (which I
suspect is very likely) a non-event.
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Gene's solution occurred to me after I posted and that is how the bow
of the Tolman is made to follow a compound curve. So, get some
single ply stuff and bend it to your shape followed by another layer
epoxied to it etc.