Once the one end is dried completely, I bend each of the first planks (on each side) to the other end of the strongback, and glue them in place, making sure they rest in the notches.  Only the beveled ends of the first planks are glued to the stems, not to the forms.  The forms are for shape ONLY, and the planks rest against them to create the shape of the canoe.  Once I have the first planks in place, it looks like this: