My concern with the low/normal combination would be that you may end up with an unbalanced kayak in windy conditions. It sounds like a great way to cause weathercocking. Maybe Nick might be able to answer that, I've never even seen one in person, let alone paddled on in windy conditions.

: Hi-
: I'm about to start building a Night Heron - I'm looking for comments from
: anyone who has built it with the low front deck/normal rear deck option.
: How did it turn out? It strikes me that using this combination of decks
: might avoid some of the bending problems near the cockpit I read about in
: earlier posts. My feet are size 9 so I don't think that'll be a problem.

: Thanks.
: Wes