its ok if your hijacking your own thread?

There is a little write up in the a-cat forum way way way down the bottom of the forum list...

To my mind what is annoying is they have evolved the boat, little bit less in the bow, moved the beams back, and no doubt next year they will do the same...

well why not just go the hole hog now and be done with it!

Look at the wookie!

I just happened to be mentioned in the title...it's not mine...so yeah...hijack away!

Here ya go Jakester,
http://www.catsailor.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=169118&gonew=1#UNREAD

Dazz - relax - the A Class is a development class where evolution is the name of the game. The developments in this class have strongly contributed to much of the modern gear you enjoy today. I doubt that you or anyone could have gone the "whole hog" from the Rhapsody, Australis or Unicorn designs of the late 60's to the 2009 designs. It's a "try it and see if it works" culture used strongly by the home builders in the 70's and 80's and still to some extent by manufacturers now. There is SMOD for those who like to be stuck in a time warp, Formula for those who like limited development and development classes for those who like to explore innovation. Something for everyone!
Gotta go and work on my boats now.

Cheers
John Dowling
AUS9

heh? Perhaps the fumes of battling an indoor infestation/flight of termites is getting to me today...but I'm not following...

I'll never bitch about living in a concrete house again...thankfully, they're only in the molding over an add-on made to the slab foundation over a seam in the concrete....all the wood here is in the roof or in the moldings. PIA for remodeling but I just found a positive aspect to all the concrete walls besides noise reduction.

Not a bad idea. Can you rename a thread?. . .avatar test?

Jake, go with poured in place concrete next time. and metal studs on the interior. Best of all worlds (studs are lighter, and termite proof) because you can move all the interior walls (which are fire resistant), and you've got a bulletproof building envelope.

You can even get metal roof trusses. So you'd only have plywood roof deck for a hip/gable roof. Maybe they have options for that too...

Or just use more DDT

There is some really funny sh!t over here:

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showforum=2