# Last strips

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [January 16, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235 "2012-01-16T08:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Bartnowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@David\_Bartnowski](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/David_Bartnowski)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235/1 "2012-01-16T08:53:48Z")

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I am decking my Shearwater sport hybrid, and progressing nicely. &nbsp;Looking ahead, how do you get the last strips in? &nbsp;I have two strips around the shear, and I am running the deck strips parrallel to the King Plank. &nbsp;What is the trick to getting the last bead and cove strips in against the shear strips? they are short, so won"t bend that easily. &nbsp;I did leave the cove on the shear strips. &nbsp;Looking back, maybe I should have ripped the cove off, and scribe a flat edge to a flat edge, but too late now.

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**Author:** ![Lou\_Farhood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/da6949/32.png) [@Lou\_Farhood](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Lou_Farhood)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235/2 "2012-01-22T15:39:34Z")

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Dave,

Sorry that it has taken so long for someone to respond to your question.

The answer to your question is in Nick Schade's book ( Building Strip-Planked Boats ).&nbsp; Pages 111 to 114.

Some CLC kit's come with this book. If yours did not then you should order one.&nbsp; It is a great tool for building.

Lou

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**Author:** ![Anna\_Thompson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Anna\_Thompson](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Anna_Thompson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235/3 "2012-03-03T13:20:22Z")

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thats why they call the last strip the wiskey strip!&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Ruedi\_Anneler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Ruedi\_Anneler](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ruedi_Anneler)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/last-strips/39235/4 "2012-03-03T16:59:11Z")

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Dave

you can find more to this here

http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips/strip\_planking/fitting\_closing\_strip.html

I forgot to cut bead and cove too during my first build too. Both can be cut with a sharp knife (I used a carpet knife for this). It's not easy, but it can be done. With this you get the straight hole walls needed to insert the very last strip.