To clarify:
If you guys were till talking about the F18 then you should be know that the F18 class rules FORBID angled or lifting foils. They enforce the daggerboard to be parallel to the vertical centreline of the boat so if the boat has parallel hulls then the baords will be parallel as well. If the boat has outward canted hulls then the boards will be outward canted as well. I don't think any designer will design a boat with inward canted hulls just to give the boards some inward canting.
I probably blurred the line between a) my question to Mr. Morelli about what we *might* see in the future on beachcats and b) his discussion of a desire to build an F18 with hulls much like the A2 A class cat. When the subject of skinny bows was discussed, ideas emerged about ways to deal with the problem of hull burying with a lot of sail area forward. I've been eagerly awaiting his design to see how he has chosen to address the issue.
Not knowing a thing about the rules of the class, I was under the assumption that lifting foils on an 18 would probably exclude it from the F18 class.
I should have probably posted a disclaimer with my recollection of the conversation that the rendering of it is subject to the flaws of my human memory. I wrote it as I think that I remember it, which will certainly be not perfect.
Finally, remember that when Morelli and Melvin design a cat, it is likely to have groundbreaking performance. If they can shoehorn it into an established class, they are sure to get sales. The inter 20 built by Performance was a knock off of what I believe was an F18. Wouldn't it be grand to see a new Morelli and Melvin inspired 20 footer that had all the attributes of a new F18, plus go-fast things that are excluded by class rules? Yes, I know I'm dreaming but that is what ultimately gets us the cool stuff, hopes, dreams, all forms of imagination.
If anybody has any news on this new F18 in California, please give it to us as soon as you can!
GARY
