What dims did you end up with on the Shadow
@trifish ?
I'm basically the same body dims as you at 5.10 x 182lbs, and was looking to get a Shadow round tail for a trip I'm doing next year.
I'm quite different than you in my feelings about the Phantom, as it's the best DD I've had in many years, absolutely love it, but want something that's going to hold a bit more + a little mroe length / narrower tail for my trip to Sumbawa. I was thinking of getting mine 6 x 19 3/8 and 2 9/16 (or 2 5/8). What did you do for the rail, just tell them to whittle it down to the 'standard 6 foot board's rail', if you went thicker ?