Glad you liked the video,
The spinnaker pole is set at two different lengths at different times in the video. We tried the spinnaker set almost at the bows and used the spinnaker like a Genoa (but one which sets and works much deeper) and sheeted it off the rear beam, it works beautifully in that role. We then set up the pole further forward and sheeted the spinnaker from the side stay mounting point. It seemed to work equally as well in both locations but, we have decided to keep the second option as it just keeps the trampoline cleaner when sailing. Your right the spinnaker is actually designed from a Genoa program only cut out of spinnaker cloth so that we can "chute" it. This makes for a very versatile sail that works to advantage throughout an enormous range of wind conditions and points of sail, it is very quick to set and even quicker to chute, and gives a lot of advantage over a more "conventional" deep running kite. As to furling, we never furl down here, it is just often so much slower and regularly more "problematic" than a properly set up kite which can be set and chuted so much simpler, quicker, and much more reliable, and the drag and loss of point to windward from a furled head sail, we feel is too big a disadvantage.
Other people have noted that the C/Boards look "big" which we find a little humorous as when we first prototyped the 4.3 Alpha some years back, everyone told us then how "narrow the boards looked”, amazing how quickly perceptions change, still we have already incorporated "narrower" higher aspect C/B's in the next set of hulls, and their position for and aft are exactly where they have to be for their right relationship with the centre of effort of the rig. The hulls are very narrow with a lot of tumble home but their depth is not that great, I think that it may be a little bit disconcerting from the video as the cat does float very high in the water and this can give the illusion that the hulls are very deep? The boom is the same diameter, filament wound carbon fibre that is used on most A class cats, which is fairly small. I think that the next size down is 25mm and that would be a bit ludicrous to use!
The Alpha Omega F14 is in production as we speak, but our output in numbers is fairly slow, at this stage, as we have to fit their production in between "bread and butter" out put.
The key word in “tie down on your Taipan trailer” is definitely “tie down” as if it isn’t tied down well (even on the beach sometimes) it will literally fly away (which is not a pretty sight when your paying)