: while working on my spring run and thinking about the next project i thought,
: what would happen to the guillemot's loose tracking if (with Nick's
: permission) i made the stern profile look more like the sping run's? in
: other words, make the keel line a little longer in the stern and turn it
: up a bit sharper. the guillemot s&g tracks nice and has a stern profile a
: little closer to plumb. made me wonder.
: just a thought (brain fart)
: daren.......

Giving the stern a slightly longer run aft would tend to stiffen it's tracking. You would want to do it in such a way that it does not add to much volume in the stern as this would just lift the stern higher and possible reduce tracking. Creating a cross section similar to the Expedition Single (below) or Coastal (link) will create an integrated skeg without adding much volume. BTW the Coastal will have much similar handling to the Guillemot but with stiffer tracking. The only problem is that skeg shape is harder to strip.