The REAL launch will be when the boat is production ready and that will be later this winter or at the latest at the F16 global event in aug 2007.

I have been in communication with Greg Goodall over the last week and on thursday he wrote me :


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Hi Wouter,

Yes, we have decided that the new F16 will be called the Viper F16.
We kicked around a lot of other names but this one got the most positive
response. Please use this name when discussing the boat with other sailors.
I have attached a couple of pictures to give you an idea of where I am
heading with the design.
The hull shape is from the Capricorn concept with some major upgrades.
The rig is the same as the one in the photos of the Taipan F16's that we sent
to Germany last year.

Regards,
Greg

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The rig he is talking about is this one :


http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1642

http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1646

http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1649


These pictures are public domain and have been used for advertisement in the past. For example on the dealor webpage of Sven Lindstaedt :

http://www.lindstaedt.com/neuboote....=Taipan%20F16&nra=25&x=0

But they have never appeared on the AHPC website itself. I guess the same will apply to the Viper info. I do believe it is the exact same rig that is being proposed (or at least the mainsail part) at the upcoming Taipan AGM meeting. On the boat you can see some other modifications as well. Some of them will be found on the Viper.

The other pictures I keep confidential at this time. Greg hasn't cleared me for public domain usage.

Wouter