A newbie question.

The itch to build a strip kayak just won't go away but I am having trouble deciding on which design to build. I currently paddle a fiberglass Arctic Hawk with which I have a definite love/hate relationship. My first problem is that I don't seem to fit the boat. I am 6'2" and I have never felt that I had enough room for my knees. The Arctic Hawk just isn't a terribly comfortable boat for me to paddle over any sort of distance.

My second issue with the Arctic Hawk is weathercocking. I am always having to shift my paddle and cock a hip to keep the boat anywhere close to across the wind which with time gets annoying. (The boat does not have a skeg.)

I have been looking at the Guillemot "L" which may give my knees the room they need. I have seen the Guillemots described as "loose tracking". Not entirely sure what that means but it sounds worrisome. I like a boat which goes the direction that it is pointed.

Do the Guillemots weathercock? I understand the problem with lee-cocking and that a bit of weather helm is not a bad thing, nevertheless I am tired of fighting not to go to weather.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.