Here the glue-lam strips are cut to length and roughed in--without glue.
I'll take them off one by one and label them with a sharpie pen. Spread a bunch of glue and put them back on, two or three strips at a time, until they're all there. Tweak it a little and clamp it up.
I've been building boats for so long I must have 100lbs of C-clamps. Hell more than that.
1-1/2" inch thick by 2" inches high, made of ash, is a hell of stiff strong stout gunwale.