Bill,

I was not on the offensive, just wondering if you knew what the hulls would weight if done in ply or strip. The F-18 would be easy, agree. The F-16 is not as easy, but I see the A-cat as difficult to get down to min weight. Even without the need to take bridle and spi loads.
Ply or cold moulding would probably be better than strip as you dont need to add glass. It could be the ultimate wooden boatbuilder challenge. Build a set of competitive A-cat hulls with as little carbon and as much wood as possible.

Did not the min. weight use to be 90kgs, before it was lowered to 75kgs? There used to be quite a lot of wooden a-cats earlier (Unicorn comes to mind), didn't it?