The plans and building tips on theBeachcats.com was collected and distributed by Jerry Houlton.
I have learnt later that Jerry bought the moulds for the Gougeons Bros. cold moulded T's, and your friend is probably thinking about the building of those.

If one builds a Tornado, they have to pay the ITA a building fee when measureing it. It will not be allowed to race or measured before the building fee is paid. The ITA pays Rodney royalties for every boat measured I believe (at least they did earlier, but I heard something about re-negotiation the deal with him).

The templates can be bought from ISAF, in mylar these days I think? They also supply the original plans, but I think Jerrys notes are superior.

If anybody is interested in building a T in plywood, they should join the T-cat list at Yahoo, as there are several possible modifications to the internal structure shown in Jerrys notes.

John: Was the wooden T on the picture earlier homebuildt? If so, whow!