2. The boat has the hobie-style hull-deck joint with the over-hanging lip all around. Never liked these asthetically and they do add weight/drag. Corsair also makes the Farrier tris with this same construction method (original Farrier boats used a hull seem in the vertical plane).
There is an R33 in my neck of the woods in Texas that also has the same deck lip. It looks like a giant Hobie 18 apart from the vertical bows. Not aesthetically pleasing but my friends who have ridden on it confirm it's an absolute rocket ship in light air.
