One stringer in particular....I think the first one up from the chine, has some serious twist in addition to bend in the aft portion, and I broke the first two on the starboard side (wood itself breaking, not the scarf joint), then, growing impatient, I finally got the third try into place and glued in. Time to celebrate. But, this was only about 12 hours after I had glued the scarf in that stringer. Of course, after the glue securing the stringer to the frames had hardened, the scarf itself broke with a loud bang, in fact, right in front of me as I was looking at it to check the curve.
Having been through a number of situations like this, I did not cry. I cleaned up the scarf, used some straps to pull the wood back into position, glued it, and let it set for about a week before releasing the straps. It worked, it wasn't the most fair curve in the world, but I don't think you can tell by looking at the planking now.
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