I hope I am not out of line with this unsubstantiated gossip...I just got a preview of an upcoming press release from Vectorworks that begins:

“Vectorworks Marine Inc. is very proud to announce that G-Cat Catamarans has chosen us to be the builder of their renewed line of beach catamarans...VMI’s design team has taken the task of modifying Hans Geissler’s prototype craft to make it conform to the relatively new but fast growing F16 formula. The first of these boats will be undergoing testing this summer.”

In a beachside chat with Hans he told me that VMI will be re-configuring his G-Cat 5.0 Turbo to meet the F16 box rules. It will have a Taipan wingmast, carry a snuffed spinnaker instead of the previous configuration of a furling reacher, and should weigh in at 235 pounds (~107 kg). He plans to use a VM Blade as a sparring partner for tuning his new G-Cat. Should be a great show!

Now that's what a formula class is all about.

Yeah, if it's true it's very cool. The following seems to provide some support for the rumor -

http://www.geocities.com/g_catmultihulls/gcat5-0.html

Mark.

I just had a fun idea - maybe Matt can persuade Bill to let him take a few inches off the ARC17 .

That would be very interesting.....

Great single hander too.

As with anything - the more the merrier!

Now all we need is Performance and Hobie.......

I got really good inside sources says this is NO rumour, its the truth.

Cant wait to see this new boat.

It is not yet official. I have seen a preliminary draft of a proposed press release, but have not yet received a final, approved one.

But it can't be an F16 unless sam approves it, can it???

Darryl,

What difference does it make to you?
You are busy stealing free advertising from Rick and Mary for YOUR Alpha Omega catamarans.
Your giving out the demo DVD with YOUR f14 on is a tacky, low-life, scam to sell YOUR boats without paying for advertising, the way an honest business person would.
I guess you aren't ashamed of your behavior.

So you are calling Darryl a TACKY LOW LIFE SCAMMER?

GET HELP sam

(BUT thanks anyway for your FREE plug for the Alpha Omega)

I'm not sure that GIVING away free DVD's at absolutely no cost to the recipricants at all, when the postage alone (to date) has now cost me over $170.00, (let alone the cost of the actual DVD's) would rate as "FREE ADVERTISING"?????
(correction - posage has now cost $274.17)