I sail an old A-cat that shares hull shape more with a Tornado than anything but I believe that like anything, each design has advantages, disadvantages, and sweet spots. In a certain chop with a certain frequency, I do believe the wave piercers have a very slight advantage. In light conditions, I still like my evenly distributed bow volume and fat boards....it's all a tradeoff. I don't see the classes that use it moving away from the low distributed volume profile anytime soon (F18, F16, most A-cats).

My perception of the boats Marstrom produces is that they are works of carbon art. They put finish and build technique ahead of some of the finer aspects of current foil and hull trends but they do build a platform that is competitive and works for a heavier sailor....and they have a mainsail halyard.