Does anyone have this book? http://www.amazon.com/The-40-knot-Sailboat-BERNARD-SMITH/dp/B0000EGOZD

I'm not willing to pay $400. I believe it is out of print and now a collectors item.

My library had a copy and I read it just after it was published so my memory is a little sketchy. But,iirc, Smith wrote about "fat foils" and his prototypes were built of plywood.

I'm guessing these current ultra thin highly engineered foils are only one solution. Jus' sayin'..

Last edited by pgp; 02/28/14 10:19 AM.
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