: Is it that big of a deal to have the slats touch the skin. If you don't use
: slats, then your butt touches the skin and changes the shape anyway. : Scott

A little off topic, but what about your feet? Do they just rest on the skin? I'm thinking of running a narrow strip of "floor" on eith side the keel, in the section forward of the cockpit. That would give my heels somewhere to rest, and possibly something to attach a foot brace to.

Will