A few years ago when the CFR 20 was still in development, the Chief designer put a few posts about it on the old forum. I think his name was Preston Carter or Carter Preston or Preston Tucker, or something like that. I told him he should go to a wider beam either 10 ft. or 12 ft. He replied that the 8.5 ft. beam was neccesary because he wanted to stick to a "KISS" design phlosophy. I told him why not make his 8.5 ft version and call the 12 ft. version the CFR 20 XL. I also told him when it blows, I'd beat the 8.5 version every time with an XL. The thing to do is get the CFR 20 hulls, boards an rig and get some 12 ft crossbars. By hot-rodding the CFR 20, you can make your own CFR 20 XL. Then you can have light weight and more righting moment.

David Ho
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