A long time ago there was an article in the Sailing World (I think) that maintained the best advantage doing the wild thing was gained by boats that had good hull bouyancy. The premise was that sinking the one hull deep by raising the other ate into benefits of raising the hull in the first place (at least with respect to downwind sailing and the angles involved, etc.). The article was an analysis piece on hull designs used in the Little Americas Cup. Just an aside, not really answering your question, and maybe a point of interest for folks who were asking the same regarding Hobie-16s. It would seem the overall hull shape is more important than the simple fact of boardless-ness. I'd guess a 5.7 should do fine in wild thing mode.<br><br>Keith Chapman, Annapolis, Md.
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