Folks,
I'm surprised at the number of posts that are being entered on this. Just a couple of responses below:-

Phill eluded to a homebuild ply box and rudder here somewhere?

John,
I did and it is dead easy. You could be building the rudder setup while waiting for resin to cure
on the hulls. Just takes a bit of planning. The ply rudder setup will be a fraction of the weight
of a rudder system from a H14 and probably better all round.

How easy or hard this project is to complete in a short time span while not compromising on the final product will get down to well thought out building instructions. These can't be written up in detail until the design is finalised.

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"Of course you can have them make the scarf but not glue it together yet."
Wouter, once the ply is tapered for the joint it is extremely prone to
damage even if it does not leave your workshop. There is no way I would ship it at this stage.
There are a number of different ways of tapering the ply for the scarf join.
However anyone not confident in any of these should just us a simple lap joint.

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"I can't see the problem with a small amount of stressing the ply.
In fact, I would say it is highly desirable since it induces more stiffness to the
design than would otherwise be present plus it looks better! "

Janali,
I agree with you on this. Apart from stronger and stiffer the hull will give the appearance of being fairer as well.
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Regards,
Phill