I can't remember if I posted this picture or not, but the strips that are giving me grief are the ones between the light bilge strip and the keel. You can see that the grain pattern is very evident in those strips, but hardly noticeable in the strips from the bilge to the sheer (those are vertical grained). Like I mentioned in an earlier post, not all the flat-sawn strips are giving me problems, and in fact, I used quite a bit on the Guillemot. I think that I just got my hands on a particularly troublesome plank this time.

I did try the belt sander, but I quickly chickened-out. I just couldn't get a good feel for how much was being removed. I applaud those who can use one successfully; you've got heuvos.

Ross