Assuming this is soon after launch…
http://www.neboatworks.com/sail/zaraffa.php
Shows no bowsprit, now whether is a masthead kite is a another question….
Skips previous boat is in the classified here as well, ex Aurora, cold molded cedar/Foam core built by Brooklin BY. Great boat, did 2 N-B’s and Miami-Mo Bay, I’d buy her if I had the cash
Pretty much every serious IOR was done like that………until maybe IIIa was introduced (early 80’s ???) when IIRC they required a density check on the water and a modification if it wasn’t ‘standard seawater’ at 1.025 ……rather than 1.000 for fresh
He should get a copy of ‘The Oxford Companion to Ships and Sea’ if he can…..has all the jargon and the roots to the words.
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199205684.001.0001/acref-9780199205684
Even power boats are all messed up…….brother runs a small place and last week Honda redelivered all the stuff again from last year…..that was ordered in 2020…….took so long that everything got reordered…..
talked to another friend, well known powerboat builder…..ordered 15 windshields….received...
No way, I made 46k as a NA with 7 years experience………back in 1997……a straight out of college NA should be easily making over $60k in the US nowadays
Now I’m a NA, no longer working in the marine industry, with about 30 years experience…..and I make over $150k plus really good benefits