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Here's two that are amazing. East is a big bird, and Swimming to Antartica .

Congratulations, you'll be surprised how well she sails with so little demands upon, and you. I sailed on Trina, at. IHYC, and we won most of the trophies even though we we so. small that we always finished last and then corrected out. Bill Shaw was so under rated as a designer. She is like a baby B40

I just remembered Dick Newick, used centerboards to help self steer balance in many of. his early boats, a lot of what he did merits a. closer look. As a design purist it is hard to beat his thoughtful work.

Art Pivers' legacy.

The Yankee Dolphin[a true sleeper]. The Renegade. was also a Shaw design, it felt a lot bigger, did the job, but the Dolphin always beat us on. ratings.

Multihuller, Nomex comes in many types ,all are meant primarily for aircraft.

Loser, thanks for adding to my world of metal knowledge.

My guess is the flax thickness and its' greater insulation abilities would cause more heat generation[exotherm]and insulatiom[higher R value]. I applaud your efforts in using flax.

CPR, the low cost haul out in the yard we all can afford.

Groucho, as another analog still photographer, I can relate. Our lives are a point in time, sorry for you loss. Aloha, Guerdon.

Amgpuma, tow ball is simple/good. The G32 original worked fine. You might consider a dyneema keeper line from the base to the spar, like windsurfers have at the tendon joint[base]. If you plan on capsize recovery you probably won't.

Harry, thanks for your post. I would love to see images of this boat but can't open the one provided.

I shunt recommend them, because regular boats seem so tacky and floggy.

Steve, thank you for your common enjoyment of human folly.

Drill a crack stop if it is carbon or metal, a counrtsink seems to work on glass. Glad that you are aware of notch strength issues, that's the concept that eludes many.