: Chris Kulczicki designed the Cape Charles and it's successor the Chesapeake.I
: don't think he would have gone to the trouble if he thought the Cape
: Charles was good as is. The Chesapeake is asymetric which suggests the
: Cape Charles suffered from weather helm. Someone with more experience than
: me will have to say if that is true.

Take a look at the CLC Shearwaters; appears to solve the 'knuckle knocking'.
But another boat is the Point Bennett, looks like a similar solution. And designed by one of our own. (rollordrown.com gets ya there)