I was lucky to get the odd photo or two of Karen along with photos of my own project. I never did get a photo that showed Karen in its entirety though. We only saw a detail or two. The hull is a sandwich using kauri wood and e-glass skins with epoxy vacuum bagged over PVC foam. The kauri skins are on the inside giving the interior of Karen a spectacular look.
Carbon fiber is used to stiffen the hull and deck in way of the keel, mast and chainplates.
With 50 feet to work with the stubby aesthetics of the smaller cats can be smoothed out and the overall look can be quite svelte, belying the amount of accommodation volume. At a glance you can see this cat is aimed at a high level of performance. The deck of the 50 ends just forward of the mast and a trampoline is used as the working deck forward. These can be extremely effective, especially when the board-down draft is 8 feet like it is in this 50. In the bow of each hull there is a wide berth that to my eye looks like a very comfy single berth or a newlywed double.