ok....i am finally starting my first strip project (after 11 stitch and glues) and i selected the night heron high-deck.

i paddle tested both the high deck and the low deck night heron and, while i liked the look of the low deck better, i needed a bit more knee bend that the high deck, with its higher shear, offered.

the challenge/question i have is that the high deck design, in addition to higher sheer, in the bow section, has a deck that is angled up to the center line where it makes a very clear, chine like break.....which i really don't care for. i like the gentle curve of the deck of the low deck model.

when i think about the extra knee room that i needed, it is really created out towards the sheers/sides. so it appears i could round off the sharp angle on the deck center line that i really don't care for....and give me something that has more of the look of the low deck.....with the extra height where i need it....and where the high deck form is just fine.

does anybody have any advice on how i could make this modification in a way that will not create other problems or unanticipated consequences? i guess my bigest question is how to approach drawing this new outline on the forms and assure i will still preserve proper lines/not create a dip in the hull.

thanks in advance for the advice.

regards,

Howard