Clean Up

I have been looking at the design for some time and most probably I'll ditch the center pod and single dagger setup. It just adds a lot of build time, complexity, weight, without much benefit except stiffening up the platform, but I can do that with a very simple spar running from the main beam to the rear beam. My main dissatisfaction with the single foil is that it needs to go deeper than twin foils. I will most probably go with Dutch style centerboards, hung outside the freeboard, as I still want them to kick up. Redundancy is also nice. Since the pod is out, I can focus on the hulls more and optimize interior space. Once the boat is built, I can add a fancy center pod at any time if I really want it, until then, it just delays the boat from hitting the water.

Design Considerations

I am getting closer and closer to start building, I have a small shop now which is not big enough for the hulls but I can start the rest of the platform, beams, BH's, foils, spars, hardware. Before getting my hands dirty I have to revise the platform design, there are few things I can't decide on yet: surface piercing rudders, dual vs single rudder, center pod design, hull partitioning. I will rework the design a bit and then continue with lamination schedule details.

Also...life is so unfair sometimes...