: Our local sea kayak emporium stocks seven sizes of spraydeck for seaboats,
: from Ocean 1 (23"x18.5") which fits classics like the Anas Acuta,
: Ocean 2
: (25x19) and Ocean 3 (27.5x19) through Keyhole 0,1,2 and 3 (which suggests
: that there is no standard for keyholes either). I use an Ocean 3 deck
: on my commercial fibreglass boat, which I consider to have a keyhole
: cockpit - it's certainly bigger than I really like ... I built my own boat
: with the same sized cockpit as the Anas, so I could use off-the-shelf decks,
: but 20x16" is smaller than any off-the-shelf deck I've seen.

: Both Knoydart (the shop, who do decks in Chillcheater, neoprene and nylon)
: and Reed Chillcheater themselves will build custom decks to fit any cockpit
: if you send them an outline. I got a deck made for my 5/6 scale Great Auk,
: which has a long but narrow cockpit unlike any commercial boat. No doubt you
: can find similar in the US, or make your cockpit to a size for which
: off-the-shelf decks are readily available.

: I like to have the same sized cockpits on as many boats as possible, so that
: I don't spend half my paddling time looking for the exact deck to fit today's
: boat :-)

: Andy

Hi Andy,

Yeah there are a whole bunch of cockpit sizes, heck I've got three boats with 3 different sizes.

Though having a 30-31" skirt allows you to paddle an amazingly large number and have a skirt that'll fit.

Bill H.