I find it much easier to put on the coaming lip with the recessed deck. It reduces the amount of vertical bend. At the front of the cockpit, you need to bend the coaming lip in two directions without the recess, with the recess you only need to bend in one direction.

You can get this advantage by just making a small section of flat at each end. You do not need to do the whole cockpit.

> It's almost decision time. Construction of the Guillemot is going
> well and it's about time to decide whether I want to do a "flat
> deck" around the cockpit as suggested in the instructions, or
> whether I'd rather continue the main deck lines right up to the cockpit
> coaming. My instinct is to NOT do the flat deck around the cockpit
> and add internal knee braces if needed.

> I hereby solicit comments and suggestions...thanks.