I've been busily drawing forms for a Great Auk in my CAD program from the data in "The Strip-Build Kayak". The deck is coming out sharply peaked. I can't tell from the pictures. Is this 'peakedness' softened in the finished boat. My Pygmy Osprey has a sharply peaked deck and I'd like to go with another look-just for something different. Is it possible/reasonable/SAFE to, for each form, simply run a spline through the deck's peak to the first point on either side rather than the lines I'm using now, or am I better off leaving well enough alone?

Just in case the designer is listening...I'm not questioning the 'rightness' of your Great Auk design, but rather appreciating the smooth flow of the deck in some of your later designs. :-)

Brad