I recently started building a new stitch and glue kayak that I designed myself. When I began assembling the panels I noted that the hull assumed a greater rocker (about 2.5 inches from middle to bow) than the intended 1 inch. I was determined to achieve the designed rocker, so I did some additional planing on the innner edges of the hull pieces and applied some bracing and forced the full to assume the shape I wanted. This caused the inner edges of the hull panels to gap apart about .25 inch on either side of the middle. I rolled the boat and put duct tape over the seams so that resin and fillets wouldn't fall through. As a consequence of all this forcing I had a very difficult time making sure that the boat was not twisted. If I had to do this over again, I think I would have re-made the two hull panels or just allowed the hull to assume the greater than intended rocker. I wonder if others have had similar experiences and if so, how you addressed them?