Beam is a convenient 8 feet for trailering. The bulb and rudders stay in place for trailering. In this case the roach accounts for 23 percent of the mainsail area. We need to take roach area into consideration more as mainsail shapes approach elliptical plan form. Approaches to improving performance are making racing boats increasingly exotic and radical.
Water ballast is almost passe and now used in small trailerable cruisers.
Bowsprits and asymmetrical chutes aren't even new anymore. We all accept ultralightweight as the foundation for any boatspeed quest. Now t with the DynaFlyer 38, we need to start getting used to three moving appendages. G, San Diego, CA 92111. I was getting bored with the racing-type boats, then along came the Frank 55.