What a beautiful picture of the H14 "Maxi". It would be neat to see some H16 cross-beams installed to widen the boat some, and maybe some little trapezing racks?

So far... I'm waiting until Summer to build any boat. I'll gather up parts until then but here is my plan:

A pair of stressed-ply/fiberglass hulls. I still have the Quattro 14 plans coming, but am hoping the Blade 14 plans will become available before I begin building. Whatever I use, I'm going to cant them.

8' or 8'6" beams. Either salvaged off a P16 wreck on the beach, or from one of several broken mast sections that have been offered to me for this project.

24' mast. I like the old "10' longer than the boat" rule-of-thumb for beach cats. This seems to work well and I don't want a sky-high mast. Again, I'm hoping I'll be able to use a salvaged cut-down mast section from another boat.

Boom- highly likely I'll just use a salvaged H14 mast section and gooseneck. I'll run the main loose-footed and try to use something in the sail-trac for an outhaul.

Rudders- complete system salvaged off a TheMightyHobie18, but I'll need to buy new fiberglass blades and maybe extend the tiller if I go for the widest beam.

Sails- I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to afford new sails without selling my G-Cat to fund them...
However, I'd like to get a mainsail with as much sail area as possible without going to a gaff-rig I want to keep as much drive as possible after rolling up the headsail.
Speaking of headsails... I'd first like to try a giant roller-furling jib on a pole. Not a reacher but an actual jib- a headsail with use upwind. I'm unsure of whether to bring it aft of the mast or make it self-tacking. I'll do a lot of talking with sailmakers and racers before really deciding what to do up front. I definately want only one headsail.