John-
The decks on the 14 don't seem very delaminated, but for free, I don't really care. If I take it for a test-sail and a bow rips off... I'll just salvage what I can and take pictures for everyone to see The hulls on the H14 are probably the least valuable part of the boat.

Bob-
Thanks for the breakdown on which mainsheet you're using and what sail area I can expect. I probably won't be running anything "carbo" on this boat as I'm trying to do it for about as cheap as possible. If something doesn't affect the performance of the boat, I'm not going to spend extra for it. I'm a cheap-skate trying to balance the cost vs. performance equation, but I'm not so cheap as to dig out my old SeaWay 6:1 as that would detract from performance (doesn't hardly roll anymore). If I didn't think 8:1 was too much I'd just run the Harken Carbo Hexa-Ratchet system off my G-Cat (I might anyway... that's a lot of line to haul in, but it doesn't cost me anything).

Sorry for the confustion on the topic of mainsail area. I'm not putting a 24' stick and huge mainsail on the H14. I'll be using a stock 22' stick and pinhead main. I just want whatever equipment I buy to be transferrable to the next F14 I build- which will have the big sails, wide beam, etc.