7 1/2" is a great depth. The Romany and Avocet are both very rollable boats and have 8" coaming heights.

My Guillemot was 10.5", and is now 9". If I wanted to go lower, I think I'd follow Nick's directions next time and simply build the deck at its original height (or maybe even lower).

On your photo, I think you copied the SSTIKS gallery page URL instead of the photo URL (with .jpg extension)

Shawn

: Just ran out and measured my Cunningham. At the aft end of my cockpit, the
: depth from the top of the combing to the deepest part of the hull is 9 1/2
: inches. I altered the cockpit described in the plans, put in a keyhole and
: raised the deck just slightly, but at the front of the keyhole (32 inches
: fwd of the back edge), the depth is 12 inches. In this picture from
: SSTIKS, Shawn Baker and I are discussing the details of a proposed
: combingectomy to lower that aft dimension to about 7 1/2 inches -- a
: likely wintertime project.

: -John D.