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Hi all,

"Altered" performed with less than A class bouyancy, better than it could have been expected. Of course it did best upwind but still performed OK downwind to a point. I would look for more freeboard primarily, as excessive forward bouyancy on the water line may make it hard to drive upwind. My guesstimate from experience on "Altered" It was the beams hitting the water that stopped it as often as not. [/quote]

From memory on Altered you cut length off the bow, as a single hander if you left the bow long as per the A's and cut length from the rear part of a A design, would we not have a good compromise, foward boyancy to handle the spinnaker and the A's good hull design ?