: It's beautiful.

: Your raised eskimo bow might make it lee cock...
: If it does, try moving your weight forward.

: But you definitely need to verify if it does or not so that
: you don't get caught in bad winds and find you can't turn back into
: the wind and aim into the waves for survival without a lot of difficulty.

: I would go out in 12-15 k winds and see if your boat tries to aim into the
: wind a little or not while moving in calmer seas.(sheltered water)

: changing the designers design can be a dangerous thing as i know from first
: hand experience but it's not uncurable at all.

: I'm not an expert on leecocking.weathercocking...i have tested in mild chop
: high wind and moderate but not fast current maybe someone more
: knowledgable should post.

Tx for the response. I too thought of the weathercocking issue, but first AFTER i had raised the bow (btw. on the designers advice/drawings), but i liked the looks so.....

There is no noticeable weathercocking in 5-7m/s wind and tracking seems to be pretty stable. But i'll make sure it gets a good testing in windy conditions - we live in Denmark so that should not be a problem ;-)

Jesper,
Copenhagen, DK