Hey everyone,
thanks for the responses. i decided to have form 9 (the first form in the cockpit) to be the last low deck form. after some close examination of the form plans this seems to be the most logical place to make the transition to the high deck forms (10-17).
Et, I agree...it's a beautiful boat. the reason i'm trying this change is because i saw a picture on Nick's site of a boat built by Roger Turgeon that i really liked the lines of, and this is what he had done.
here's the link if you are interested...
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/roger_turgeon_night_heron_1

thanks again everyone,

Adrian