Peter....as you can see there is no mad rush by designers climbing over each other to entice you into buy their cutting edge F14 design.
The F14 has pretty much been still born. The two designs we hear about on this forum ( Bernie’s 430 and Darrel’s A&O) have failed to get any traction in the market place. You would think a designer would throw their hat into the ring selling just plans. Although the designers might scream foul I wonder just how much effect there would be if you reduced a set of cutting edge F16 design plans by 15% to build an F14?
We are no longer handicapped by the limits of what can be built with plywood. With the strip foam/female frame/mold method there really isn’t a hull shape on the catamaran landscape that cannot be built one off by an individual builder in foam and glass.
Selling plans to a cutting edge F14 may or may not be as profitable as designing/building/selling a turn key boat but it sure beats not selling anything. If the market isn’t there to sell a completed boat at least you could get some ROI (time/money) by selling the plans. It’s a lot more practical to send a cardboard tube full of plans from Australia to the United States for $20 (shipping cost)than to ship a finished boat. It might be just what is needed to get the party started.

Regards,
Bob