HB's foils definitely are not connected in the middle. His boat is the only one of the foilers to have more conventional deck-side exits for the foils, though I still don't believe there is any way to replace that board while sailing; board weight #'s have varied but ~160kg is in the middle of the range quoted, with 200kg being the upper end, plus the geometry is pretty prohibitive of changes.

Certainly exciting, but a little less so now that Alex has routed himself through the middle of a low and then the middle of a high while Armel has stayed south and in pressure. A damn shame as there was a solid drag race going at the front of the fleet for near a month! Still its anyones race, Armel has been runner up twice however so his shot at winning is probably pretty solid. A HB win would be a big upset to the French however, and really crank up the design efforts!