wow look how far back they are trapped going upwind.

Just noticed that the rudderblades are lashed to the casting, maybe they are still testing the kickup system?
The jib luff on the 2nd picture looks a little loose, I guess they still have to fit a system to adjust it from the frontbeam?

Yeah, they are - but that's some pretty lumpy water.

I noticed in some of the previous pics that the wildcat didn't have the hobie rudder system.

Wonder if they'll retrofit it for production boats.

In that condition we have been moving farther back on the N20...

if I get that far back on my boat, the first 2 feet of bow are out of the water.

I have to remind myself that my physics is a bit different than most peoples'

The front of the hulls look like a Blade don't they? Should be a fast boat.

Doug

The boat looks just like the Fox. Cut 2 feet out of the center of the Fox hull and this is what you get. I'm surprised they would kill the Fox and come back with this. The boards look thinner than a Tiger and they are running them slammed. Maybe they have re-engineered the inner supports to better align with the daggers, only time on the water will tell. It sure is every bit as sexy as the Fox was!

Also remind yourself that it's a photo shoot for a brand new boat. Looks a lot cooler in pictures with two guys standing at the back and the bows out of the water looking like it's going to take off. And everyone knows cool looking stuff sells better...

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