: I have stayed away from these very wide strips, as one of the cornerstones of
: the WEST method derivatives is to use very small pieces of wood to keep
: the tension at the joints small and within the elasticity of the
: epoxy/fiberglass membrane, and at the same time keeping moisture from
: spreading far in case a a damaged membrane (that is where mixing old and
: new boat building methods often fail). But maybe I have been unnecessarily
: strict about this. Have anyone experienced any problems with 1,5"
: strips in this respect?

There have been a whole bunch of strip built bigger boats with even 2" wide planks that havn't had any problems. I suspect that West's idea of narrow planks means narrower than the average 4 or 5" wide planks on carvel planking on the traditional wood boat construction method.

Bill H.