First Stapleless

I built two canoes with staples years ago and now am doing a Rob Roy, stapleless. After looking at different methods, I am doing it a little different.
After cutting out the forms, I cut 3/4" strips from the same wood and glued them on.





I set them up with these rings facing the pointy ends.



After that is was a quick fairing using a straight edge to get the angle I needed and a light touch with a belt sander. After the first strip was attached with screws it was just a matter of clamping them on.



If the strip needed a little help a dowel (section of kebab skewer) and some masking tape did the trick.



When I got to the bottom of the canoe and the strips needed serious pulling, I changed to Gorilla tape. It is stronger, sticks better and has a little natural stretch to it, like a bungee.



This took a little more work at the start, but once I got going it was almost effortless.
As you can see, this is not taking place in a dedicated, pristine, workshop but the garage. The strong back is on a table with wheels so it can be pushed to the side when I am not working on it.

Always fun to see a new build. I'm feeling rather silly - why haven't I - or other strip builders, for that matter - thought of that? We were so close!

It looks like it's working well. The hull seems to be turning out very fair, and you've got good consistency in the strip layup. (Easier time sanding when prepping for the glass.) Two concerns/questions:

1. How well is the hull keeping to the forms when you remove clamps to add the next strip?
2. How long do you need to let the glue set before clamps can be pulled and the next strip added?

Hey, no shame building in the garage! My first was built in an old barn, not at all wind-tight.

Nice !
Stapleless always presents the challenge, of keeping the strips true to the forms.
When you release the clamp ? The strips around the bilge area want to lift.
That's why canoe designers use staples, when they build "Plugs" for fiberglass canoe molds.

I have learned a few tricks to make the staple holes less visible, over the years.

Looks like you have it under control !

Jim