: The cockpit location and dimensions are not given in the book, though,
: and if you contact Bear Mountain for them, they get downright rude about it.
: They absolutley refuse to give them to you.

This issue came on the Bear Mountain BBS last year, and another builder was kind enough to email me the dimensions for cockpit and hatches. The inside edge of the rear of the cockpit is about 2-1/2" behind Form 10, and the dimensions are 30" x 15-3/4". If you email me I will furnish more detailed information. It seems irresponsible to me for an author/designer to omit critical dimensions like this from a DIY book, so I don't care whether he objects.