: I am building guillemot large and am putting in an internal stem. it seems to
: me that with the stem curveing around end form that the top portion is in
: the area of the deck and if the deck strips are glued to it that the form
: can be removed. The plans seem to show the sheer strip to be about 3/4
: from the top of the stem.Any advice will help.

: River rat

To be quite honest I don't really understand the question but I will relate one issue I encountered when building the my night heron with an internal stem that may be of interest. I found that as I progressively added strips to the hull section and progressively cut away the tape holding the stem to the form that the strips started to pull the stem away from the form so that the stern has dropped a little. Not enough to notice unless you know but I know it's there if you know what I mean.