A lot of "little" changes in Draft #5.

1)The section of maximum width was moved from being centered under the mast to being entirely ahead of the mast. The reason being to give a better foil shape to the entire hull, and to gain more leverage against the rig.

2)The daggerboard has been moved forwards 6". This puts it around 1/3 aft of the mainsail luff.

3)The mast rake has been drawn in. I set it so the sidestays go almost vertically from the chainplates to the mast hound (which is set 2/3 up the mast)

4)The deck drops 6" after the rear beam. This allows the rudders to be mounted lower and allows the aft rocker to be lessened to 6" from the previous 12".

5) The fore rocker is still only 3", but it now ends 5' from the bows instead of 6'

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I might move the fore rocker back to the 6' mark, I'm not sure I like it as much in this draft as in the previous one.

I drew the boat on an oversized grid to help you all get a feel for the dimensions, and actually managed to get a pretty level picture of it this time.


G-Cat 5.7M #583 (sail # currently 100) in Bradenton, FL Hobie 14T