So if I want to lower the sheerline on the Cunningham S&G to about 7" from 9" at the rear of the coaming, can I just make this modification when I loft the panels? Will it affect the fitment of the aft deck and side/center deck panels?

Since the aft and foredecks are flat, and lowering the sheer won't change the beam, I'm thinking they would still fit fine, and I'm thinking that if I fit the side and center deck panels at their same sizes, it will lower the front of the cockpit as well. Thinking I can see how that goes during wiring, and cut new wider panels for the hump in front of the cockpit if needed or cut a "cheater" panel for the centerline or something.

My thought is to loft the curves per the offsets first, then to mark a couple centimeters down from points and re-draw the curve lower to keep it all a fair swoop. Basically to make the swoop deeper around the cockpit region.

Is that kind of modification something I can do by the seat of my pants so to speak? Any advice? How will it affect the weight the boat can carry? I weigh 210, it's not going to sink is it?

The image at the link below shows the original line in black, and what I am proposing in green. Not accurate or final, not to scale, but just to give an idea.

I apparently saved the image with transparency, so it shows up funky here, click the link to see it on a white background.

thanks!

TD