: Yea, I need to design a small double someday. The tricky part of adapting a
: single to a double is making the deck work out right. The step down from
: the front to the back of the cockpit doesn't happen right for a double.
: I'm adapting the Night Heron to a double for a customer now and I am
: spending an inordinant amount of time trying to create a reasonable deck
: configuration.

: One option would be to take my Fast Double and shrink it down to a more
: reasonable length, but it might not have the volume needed, but it could
: probably be fudged to work.

: That said, it is not impossible to adapt a double to a single, you just need
: to be prepared to do a lot of work to make the deck right.

Thanks Nick! It is sounding like it might be able to downsize the double. If I leave the length the same, and apply a factor to the offsets (like 85%) How would that affect stability, and how much space (between hull and deck) do I need to stay above to have enough room to fit in and be able to manuver the rudder peddles? Anything else I need to watch out for in this approach?

Joe