...I question the reliability of building such a wing vs. the speed...well...what kind of speed difference IS there between a soft and rigid wing sail? What difference did the C cats experience....man, that would be something - a 90' cat with a rigid wing...whoooo.
Well, it was enough that the AC Cat development teams of the 80's had soft and hard rigged boats... When it came time to choose they picked the bigger of the two guns. I'll have to pull my book on the subject out and see what they said a/b the decision. Was it really speed or did they just want to show off?? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Also, think from a tech stand point... we've come a LONG way since that last AC cat.
