: It is not uncommon for the boat to pull off the forms. If you are not going
: to do anything with it right away, strap it back down to the forms. The
: pieces can take quite a bit of force. Push them down slowly.

: If you are ready to attach the deck to the hull you can probably proceed. It
: will take some force to get everything together but I've joined boats with
: several inches of difference between the deck and the hull.

If you have not glassed your interior surfaces and you do have distortion due to drying or excessive moisture, it is well worth the effort to equalize the moisture content of the uncoated wood surface to make certain your deck and hull are within and inch of each other after the second surface is glassed.

You can use force to align decks and hulls, but you will pay for it. Down the line the stress stored in the glass will be released on some hot day of summer and your glass will show the white dots in the glass weave of stressed glass.

All the best,

Rob Macks
Laughing Loon CC&K
www.LaughingLoon.com