Thought perhaps I should clarify a few things here, RG drew the hulls that my son's designed as a favor to me, the design is all their's and I seriously doubt it reflects RG's thinking.
What started out as me showing my son's Wouters preview drawing last Friday has now turned into a full on design project by them that RG is just assisting them with. Foolishly I said that if they really wanted new boats instead of my hand-me-down Paper Tiger, then they would have to build it (F12 like & wood) and figure out what worked, I have been seriously taken to task and Im sure my wallet will regret it.
What RG posted is no more or less than what my son's asked for help on and over time <perhaps not a lot> it will change, and given the chance Im sure they will probably totally redesign Wouters boat as they go <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
This is largely a product of having a single cat available for 2 sons that is often too powerful for even both of them to sail in much over 10 knots.
Happily, Im very proud that they have taken on the challenge, and are so eager to learn what it takes to design a boat, although at some point Im sure I'll regret having opened this particular can of worms <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Just so no one is without doubt, RG just posted this to show what my boys think and want and its a long way's yet from something I'll let them start building, none the less, its a hell of a good start.
Aerynt