That's jsut the help I was looking for. In fact, getting a picture was more that I expected. Thanks, Grant. Wow, that Puffin is a neat little boat.

> Steve, You can put in a recessed cockpit on almost any kayak deck. On a
> peaked deck, the cockpit recess piece will be pointed on each end, but the
> final cockpit opening will be flat across from side to side. I do this on
> all of our boats. The photo below shows our most extreme deck with this
> done. Without the recess this kayak would be almost impossible to do a
> decent cockpit on.

> The Puffin Building Page at the link below has a few photos of the
> process. Scroll down the page about 2/3 of the way. Once you get the
> recess in, you can put in about any type of cockpit that you want. We use
> 4mm ply for the recess (could use 3mm) and run the grain across the kayak.

> Good luck building, Grant (if the photo doesn't show up, go to the link to
> view it)