The reason I left the offsets out of the book is I decided that while they made it slightly easier, they didn't do all that much and were not worth the effort. They make it a little easier to maintain a fair shape around the cockpit, but the strips will do this naturally anyway.

: Nick and others: Does leaving out the offsets over the cockpit opening have
: an adverse effect on the deck shape? I wasn't sure what to do when I built
: mine and I just guestemated the shape with a couple of strips and things
: seamed to work out fine.

: I just thought that was what one did, not realizing that there actually was
: some offsets for those forms

: Tom