I think Griffin was against making those step rails on the deck, especially on big wave boars. I forget the reason.I'm curious about the rail bevel on the deck. I've always thought it was a good idea, that it would shed water, like the hard edges on the bottom. Like Griffin used to say. "Release, release, release." Instead most of the shapers who do them mention only a way of distributing volume (keeping it out of the rail).