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The Tornado itself is still a development class, just with tight restrictions as to the development progression. The hull shape is closely defined, but there is around a 5-10mm varience that can be used to alter the shape and performance of the hulls.

I wonder if that is the variance allowance that was put in the original rules when the requirement was that the catamaran for the Olympics would have to be able to be home-built. Obviously, it would be more difficult to build a boat in your garage to the same tolerances as in Marstrom's factory. So maybe they allowed a little slack in the rules for the people who could not get their plywood bent quite to the right shape?

Last edited by Mary; 01/06/07 03:14 PM.