There is someting to be said about having the fastest boat on the course. A finely tuned boat performs well with the appropriate sailor and works better if it can accomodate the sailors good and bad habbits but there sometimes is that boat which is an extra special boat.
This boat quietly glides past other top boats and forces a smile to your face. If you tried to copy all the settings to another boat or replicate the boat you would most likely fail to recreate this boat. If you damage this boat it would never be the same.

My father, many years ago dominated a class with such a boat for many years and I cant describe how many fond memories I have crewing for him.
I hope to own such a boat one day.

To experiment with hull design or choose a well proven hull shape is most likely only a small contributing factor, but without this you may never find or own such a boat as I have described.

Good luck I hope you build a boat that would suit a nice set of racing stripes...Red or lightning yellow <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />