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:

After gluing the first of the planks in place, I double check to make sure the bottom plank is straight.  Bending the planks, and gluing them to the stems on the strongback, puts a lot of strain on the structure of the canoe. It is important to plank each side, one plank at a time, as I go up, to avoid any warping.

Now, it's just a matter of gluing the next planks to the stems and to each other.  It's important to get each successive plank as close as possible to the one below it.  Small differences will be sanded out later, once planking is done.

Here's the second layer going on:

 

Here, there are 5 layers of planks completed on both sides.  The process continues the same way, and is quite easy, in my opinion, until I reach the curves of the forms.  Again, the planks are only glued to the stems, and each other, as tightly as possible.

7 layers completed:

Now, beginning with the eighth layer of planks, I am approaching the rounded edges of the forms, which makes planking tricky.  Bending and twisting the wood strips to fit the forms tightly and on top of each other is time consuming.  It also puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the strongback, so it is important to glue them to each other well.  As you can see, the ends of the planks over hang the stems a bit, but this will be sanded flush once all the planks are installed.

By the 10th layer, the planks are beginning to take shape around the form curves.  It is unavoidable to make small steps going upward, while I stack the planks on top of one another.  This also will be sanded out, once all the planks are in place.  You can see these steps on the second picture.