I would consider your knee/thigh contact area angles first and then get the deck to flow after that is determined.

Best,

Reg

: I know that this is a personal choice but I wondering about deck shapes. I
: have my hull finished except for some(more)sanding. It's time to work on
: the frames for the strip deck. I have kept the deck rather low to the
: sheer of the boat. At the ends of the boat I am just finding the width of
: the boat, using the height I drew of the deck and just making a radius
: that falls on the three points. It's very slight curve so I should look
: fine. Just enough radius to give it some strength.

: At the cockpit the deck raises up a good bit higher compared to the rest of
: the deck. I am afraid that just doing a big radius there may look funny. I
: am wondering if it should be more elliptical maybe? I am pretty sure I
: will have to just try it on the boat and see. But maybe someone has been
: down this road and has some advice.