Breasthook

In the picture above I have a bunch of 1" wide cedar strips cut about a tenth of an inch thick.  I found that this thickness allowed me to bend them pretty easily around the form without them breaking.  As you can see I have them on top of a sheet of parchment paper ready to be wrapped up after brushing each stick with a coat of epoxy.  Once I had them all stacked up I started clamping them to the form I made from the Glen L plans.

I always put the center clamp on first then slowly tightened the outside clamps until it's tight like below.  Btw, in the background you can see one of the thwarts being glued up.

Before you give it the final squeeze it's a good idea to tap them lightly with a hammer to have them all aligned which minimizes sanding later.

Once that is all set up, the next step is to add a piece of wood to fill in the point of the bow and then bevel it to fit in.

Here it is temporarily clamped in place and ready to be glued in with epoxy. I think this bow will end up being very strong. I'll have to be careful not to T-bone another boat because that boat will have a hole in it!