Hei Håkan,

nice looking wing! Wonder if the wing will have a slot and wether it can twist like Cogito and the other C-classers?
It will be interesting to the extreme seeing how this package do at the worlds. The only true test of wing efficency vs wingmast with soft sail we have had in the later years was in the 18square class. If I remember correctly, that boat (Wild Turkey) was 'out tacked' the one time it was beaten on the course?

I am pretty certain wings will be banned to keep cost down if it proves fast. Perheps even if it is dog slow <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Going for wings would probably mean a new era in homebuilding for the A-cat class. Would probably cut the class by 95% as well by my guess.



Timbo, make a wingmast with a large enough chord and you dont need an inflatable sail as the gains become quite small then. There have been several attempts of 'camber inducers' and 'RAF' systems like some sailboard rigs have, but they have not caught on. The L/D ratios we get out of our catamaran rigs are quite good, for the speeds we are sailing with. It sure makes handling and tuning a lot easier and cheaper.