Now that the work crew is done in my basement, I can start cleaning up and get to starting on my hull strips.
I've made the stems and will rebuild my station setup.
I've been thinking of a strategy for doing the hull strips and was wondering about the keel. I have seen that some recommend adding a few full-length strips at the keel, after doing some strips from each side's sheer line. You then keep stripping and you end up closing two "semi-football" shaped holes, either side of the keel, at the end.

The other approach, which is conceptually simpler, is just strip all the way from the shear lines until you end up with a footbal at the center of the hull to close up. I would use alternating strips (herringbone?).

I was wondering of there is an advantage to one way over the other? Is it strictly a cosmetic difference?
Any thoughts?

Thx,
Rob