: How's the build progressing? I love his design - really want to go
: to a workshop, but that's just not possible right now.

: One thing in his description puzzled me. Brian mentions that the
: secondary chine placement is crucial ("....discovered that
: if the little 1/2" secondary chine is carried past the
: cockpit it messes up the surfing") , but looking at the
: drawings I don't see anything that terminates at the cockpit.
: What am I missing here?

That's an easy one - it's a small square strip of wood placed at the bottom of the gunwhale going from the bow to just past the back of the cockpit. The idea is add a bit of roundness to the front hull but keep the sharpness of a hard chine at the back so you've got some rail/edge like action for the waves. I'm putting the skin on this weekend - maybe in the water sunday.

B