Glen

Thanks for the pix and comment. Yes, I know this now. At the time I was preparing the stem I thought I was shaving off a ton and became very cautious. The caution has now left me with the wide stems. I don't want to throw all the work I did away (I believe it can be adjusted) and wondered if ripping up the center of the stem to remove the excess would indeed work. Part of me sees the sides of the hull flying apart from each other, on the other hand just removing material from the middle of the stem and re-attaching the seperated pieces seems like an answer. Otherwise I'm going to have a snubby bow which won't cut through the water well.