Hi Whitewolf,
Sorry, I have been offline for the last bunch o' days. Did you get the plank thingy straightened out? It is a headache when ya think something looks right and have to go back and correct it. Here I am 11 years later fixing little things here & there that went wrong on the original build. It is very annoying...
To answer the question above, I think it is a good idea to carefully remove & reset the planks according to Dumas instructions, but you have to make the executive decision on that. I'm not sure if it makes much of a difference or not or how well you fixed them in place..
I haven't been able to work on Dauntless for about a week now. I have been waiting for the Transom proof to come back plus overtime at work AND house work threw a wrench in my clock work.
Today I finally approved the proof for the transom lettering so it will be sent to me shortly. It was a bit pricey to order the custom lettering, but I am sure it will look better than what I can do free hand. I will post it when it arrives.
I cannot wait to check it out.
-Rich.