I definitely agree on that, too. My Arctic Tern has a peak in its high coaming, which pokes into your back when rolling. That was one of my reasons for building my Outer Island was the low, flat aft deck and cockpit coaming. Pygmy actually called me up and asked my opinon of the Tern when they were developing their 14' Tern, and it's good to see that they added a cockpit recess on that boat to keep the coaming lower. Now if they could only build a low-volume, flat aft decked, 21"-beam, high-performance Tern, I'd be all over that...

Dean

: One benefit for all (rolling) paddlers is that it lowers the aft deck while
: keeping the same relative amount of volume, and makes layback rolls
: easier. You really don't need that peak aft of the cockpit....it's not
: like you often shed big waves there, and when you do, they're just as
: likely breaking from the side and will roll off just as quickly, peak or
: no.

: Not only a peak in the deck, but a peak in the back of the coaming really
: sucks.

: Shawn