Wasn't really interested where the loads were generated from at that time Marcus, only interested in the sort of loads that were acting on the front beam. It was a time back in antiquity when there was (strangely as we would see it now) great argument as to whether a dolphin striker was or was not needed and what if any effect the inclusion of one would have on a boat.
Would you now believe that there were many people who were adamantly opposed to Dolphin strikers for all sorts of “off the wall” reasons – they were dangerous to swimmers (mind you off the beach sailing “back then” WAS conducted amongst hundreds, even thousands of swimmers, no concerns with UV then), people argued that a striker would make the boat too rigid between the hulls and it wouldn’t sail as well as it would “bounce” across waves instead of “walk”, with the distinct possibility that the extra rigidity would some how make the cat “shatter” if hit by a big wave instead of “flexing” to absorb the shock. I remember one “expert of the time” telling me in a very Ernst manner (I won’t say who as he is still around and may not want to be reminded) that the drag incurred when the striker hit the water at speed was known as a fact to have caused the death of some sailer some where or other by flipping the cat high into the air and landing on top of, and impaling him on the mast??? The Hobie 14 (and early 16’s) were held up as the example of good beam design as the early ones never came with a dolphin striker (soon changed when repeated non striker beams failed)
It’s amazing how adamant “proven expert fact” can change over time isn’t it.