Sunday, July 22, 2012
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.
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