The deck was epoxied on a very strange craft today. While it measures to the latest Formula 14 rules I can find, it is different enough to ruffle some feathers. I hope.
Thus far, with everything loaded on the boat except the foils that are yet to be built and the paint, it weighs 98 pounds without sails. Probably will come in at about 115 when done. In a nutshell: mild surface piercing bows, planing aft five feet, Carbon A-frame supports a 12.2 square meter Windsurfing sail on a full carbon mast. Foot of mast articulates to leeward and forward to lift bows.
a very small bubble-inducing step 8 feet aft of the bow where the hull transferrs from piercing to planing. Canting hulls. Conventional boards, small chord, well aft. Rudders with a small (non hydrofoil) 'end plate' to maybe keep the bows from diving if the lifing sail is overcome. I'll sail it in the 14A configuration.
Dave Ellis
St. Petersburg, Florida