It might be prudent to consider designing an F-12 something along the lines of Darryl Barrett’s outstanding F-14 Alpha Omega (a greatly simplified version of course). Any one who has seen the video of his boat would have to admit that he has the F-14 is dialed in…at first look it might appear as if his hull design is a bit boxy, but after studying the video you find that every aspect of the design is there for a reason… it is a good study on optimizing a small cat for maximum performance.

As a side note, anyone who wants to get kids interested in cat sailing should show clips of Darryl’s F-14 video, after seeing it flying around few kids would ever want to go back to an Optimist or Laser. It proves to the kids that you can go really fast on a small catamaran without an 18' + boat that weighs 400 lbs.

Regards,
Bob