The knuckle chine would be in the forward half for buoyancy, and likely come back to the back of the cockpit, to provide just a little big more secondary stability in a hard edging situation. Brian has pulled the chines up at the stern so that the water flows off smoothly, giving it a good turn of speed for a shorter boat. Also, the stern would act kinda skeg-like, making for stiffer handling for cruising. Also, designed the hard chines so that it could hold a wave for surfing. The boat is large volume, because Brian wanted decent storage volume for his coastal camping expeditions. I expect that, as a day paddler/surf rig, it would have fairly high windage, but loaded down on the Pacific Coast, it would be well behaved. Brian really likes the Pygmy Coho, and you can see that influence in the F1. Brian also likes to sit with his knees bent and splayed, more comfortable on his back, so that's why the keyhole cockpit, and not something smaller with a flatter masik like a Greenland SOF.

I've only ever paddled one for 15 or 20 minutes in calm conditions, so I don't really know. I just felt like I was swimming in it, but my main boat is only 19" wide, and my next boat will be a '59 Illorsuit (Ken Taylor) replica, and that has a really flat masik, sooooo....

Brian

: Brian,

: Do you have an idea why these knuckle chines end around the cockit and not go
: all the way to the stern? How is this thing in strong winds? Does it get
: blown of the top of the wave if you are sideways to the wind?