Herve, I also think Nigel Irens know how to draw a F-28, but like I said, this does not look like a Formula-28. Perhaps the marketing guys at MCM ran a bit wild with it, or they dont refer to the same Formula 28 rules as I think about? After all, the class is dead, so perhaps they have made some new rules? Formula 28 boats are not exactly family oriented, they are racers, so the market for a pure F-28 is very limited. At the end of the class, they raised the minimum weight and did other rule changes to try to make the boats more versatile. But it did not work and was the end of the class.
The MCM boat lacks the accomodation area specified in the class, the boom is shorter than max, the bowsprit is not at max length (can be 1.6 meters in front of the bows), the mainsail and solent lacks area.. It would be left in the wake behind a proper F-28.
Besides, why would Nigel Irens draw a new F-28 in 2005, when the class has been dead for more than 10 years with no signs of resurrection?
Not to boast, but the guys I referred to earlier probably have loads more experience in the F-28 class than Nigel Irens. They won the F-28 worlds three times in a row with their own homebuildt design "XOZ" (pronounced Exocet, like the SAS missile).
http://www.flerskrog.org/Flerskrog/Flerskrog_Index_Images/XOZ1.jpghttp://www.flerskrog.org/Flerskrog/Flerskrog_Index_Images/XOZ2.jpg 
