Hi Jake & Bill ,
Great to have interesting exchange of views on ideal design which may be so many different ideal concepts based on intent of use.
Some include {cruising -racing } --then the practical limitations -{budget constrainsts and size limitation ,-14 footer or 120 ft Playstation },-, ,
{geographic location},--need to trailer,-- or lake and protected harbor type sailing to ocean or Great Lakes type sailing in seas and surf , and{ sailing experience } -racing background ,-type of racing -races in a large class or smaller rated groups ,-type of boat sailed ,-{all relate their veiws based on existing experiences }.
Think your in agreement on the wing aspect ,-as Bill noted the addition of 5 ft wings on the 30 design .
To revisit the last comment in the original post ---
future racing and events --
The 30 seems like the ideal craft or at least one class
{maybe another at 20 with wings}-for it when another ProSail type series {raced on F-40S and H-21S }or similar interesting major distance race event capable of drawing in a major sports marketing entrapenure and ESPN or TV time ,-
{peole will watch putting for an hour --amazing }
The sport needs this type of exposure as one aspect towards its renewal and increased interest in it .
It was a great experience to race in Prosail and the Ultimate Yacht Race series on H-21s BACK IN 88 as seen on ESPN and NBC Sports .
They picked the breeziest venues and some of the major sailing centers around the country ,-NewPort R I -and Mystic Con .-Miami ,-Great Lakes area ,on St Clair -Corpus Cristy Tex ,-San Francisco ,-etc ,--
Another sure way to create international interest would be the always interesting human drama aspect of distance racing on high speed cats and the course raced ,-The 1000 mile races and the Tybee 500 draw this and international interest , With larger potentially faster craft like 30s the course raced should become larger ,-Racing across the Atlantic has always been a great one ,-earlier OSTAR races and other examples indicate this as well as around the globe races ,-which seem too extreme to most sailing though feilds of "growlers" -ice chuncks in the S-Ocean ,-but across the Atlantic , seems very possible and ecomonically feasable on the 30s . --The 120 ftrs too expensive or evan 60 tris --often too fragile and expensive ,--the 30s may be the ideal craft .
Maybe it is just my very excellent sailing teamate in the Tybee 500 this year ,Gale ,-
http://www.galebrowning.com/ who is targeting around alone in 06---
that has me thinking in these terms ,but think racing F-30s across the Atlantic in internation competition with live camera aboard each would be a fasinating film all sailors and all people would enjoy seeing , something very marketable particularly in this sports crazed extreme reality T V type trend currently .-
It would draw in all types of racing enthusiasts from numerous sailing classes around the globe.
The sponsor idealy would provide 20 to 25 boats and allow entries of teams of 3 plus an alternate in teams from around the globe ,and provide all aspects of event organization ,-- needed modification for an Atlantic race like reef systems ,-storage of water and supplies would be needed ,and a dry safe in hull sleeping area --assume this could be accomplished along with other design aspects geared towards this more extreme event ,along with standards of EPIRBS -phones GPS ,-flares etc that have become the norm in the 1000 mile races ,-teams would outfit and supply themselves as the major team expence along with transportation of personel .-
The transformation of what will be called -THE aMERICAS cUP ON cATS -on HT 18s will be interesting ,-but think something bigger is needed to capture the imagination of the general public .
Both sides of {the big pond } would get very interested in this type of event ,-
For now we have to settle for the 500 or 1000 mile coastal versions ,-but think we will see this in the future .
Be ready Bill and Tom ,--and potential Sailing teams out there .-
Always good to place interesting ideas and concepts out there ,-for ideal design and events -food for thought
Carl .
