Chris Kulczicki designed the Cape Charles and it's successor the Chesapeake.I don't think he would have gone to the trouble if he thought the Cape Charles was good as is. The Chesapeake is asymetric which suggests the Cape Charles suffered from weather helm. Someone with more experience than me will have to say if that is true.

: Good info! I want a nice stable boat for fishing and photography. Some
: shorter trips too. Boat sounds good for that.

: Your comments about the deck bothers me. I tend to bang the paddle on a lower
: deck boat when I get tired. I can see some bruised knuckles. I thought it
: looked a little tall. Looks like it would be simple enough to lower the
: deck on it though. I don't really need a high volume boat, medium volume
: would work just fine for me. But if you lower the sides, you lower the bow
: too. Hummm......

: OK something to think on.