: You're going to love this answer: get the regular 17, make the side panel,
: draw a curve from bow tip to 1" below sheer at stern. ta da, a Pete
: 17, well yes you'll have to recut the bulkheads but it was a thought. He's
: at that size where an LT would be better, but he'll have to settle for
: wearing watersocks or neoprene booties.

Lee:

Will your description essentially give me a 17LT but with a normal Chesapeake radiused deck?

Lets say I don't care too much about deck radius (except for the practical amount of leg room and toe room)since I'm gonna be building temporary forms so that I can strip it out with pine anyways...... and will be altering bunkhead placement, use of deck beam, etc anyways. He would probably want to wear Teva sandals anyways since he isn't quite hard care enough yet atleast to get neo booties.

Any more comments.

Appreciate the thoughts you all.

Thanks,
Pete czerpak
albany, NY