Hi Catfan

The reason why they have choosen to start with the RIBA mast is because the mast is very well known and fast.
The boat will come with Landy-Sails which will make it even faster .

You think the hull is looking slow and old fashion?
The hull is derived from the Mattia S, which has a similar underwater shape like Cirrus (F18 Worldchampion, 2003!) and is actually very fast. It has nothing to do with the Dyncat, which has a stepped underwater shape and an edge on one side. The boat has allot of rocker, which will help in the lower wind range, but it has also allot of volume in the bows, more than my old ventilo. So it can can be pushed very hard in strong winds. It will also be right at the minimum weight.
How come you say the dotan rudders look heavy!? Despite of the heavy look, two US teams have choosen to change their rudder system from there stock bimare system to the dotan's. (according dotan's website..)

Fiasco? No way! What ever, the truth will be on the water and allot depends on the sailors too!
The ones like Daniele Saragoni and Matteo Monti are hard to beat anyway!

We will see and it will be fun