I decided not to use staples on the deck of the boat. This means that strips have to be held into place with something else when they are glued into place. I'm using a dab of hot glue where the strips meet the forms. Hot glue isn't as strong as a staple, so in difficult situations other means are necessary.
The ends of the Guillemot are upswept. This means the strips that go out to the ends have to bend up and stay bent up while they are glued into place and afterwards. The first step to getting them into shape is to steam them and bend them. After that, they need to be held firmly into place so they don't lose their shape. Simple clamps are not strong enough, or easy enough to put into place to do this. So, another way is needed: the temporary screw-in clamp.
A notch is cut into a small piece of scrap wood:
The wood clamp is placed where needed, a hole is drilled, and a screw holds it into place:
In the example above and below, a small wedge of cedar was used to tighten the strip in place.
View of two of these clamps from the upswept stern end of the kayak. The very end is held in place with masking tape.
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