Well I am here to say it does work! I used packing tape, the clear stuff and made sure I went all the way around the boat so it would hold onto itself. The tape didn't fall off, didn't leave any glue, and didn't take off any wood. I did however use wire to join the hull because I didn't care if there were holes underneith, and I did use 6 wires on the deck to make sure the panels aligned correctly, the tape can't do that effectively, especially the ends of the panels.

> Don't mean to rain on your parade but using strapping tape to temporarily
> attach the deck to hull makes sense as there is no tension between the two
> halves. If there was a tape that stuck well enough to hold panels under
> tension then you would probably have an adhesive mess to clean up or parts
> of wood missing when removing tape. wire works