Rooster Project X

Hansen Aerosport mucked around with a modern rig on a laser - I've no idea how good it was.

To me what's interesting about this one is that it's a new hiker without an assymetric spinnaker.  Which will actually be a selling point for some people.

From the facebook photos you can see that the boat has a different hull shape to the laser - it is broader, slightly more flared and with an open transom.  It also has a centreboard, which again will appeal to some more than others.

I can't quite make out what is happening around the mast stepping area....it appears to be a slot....

Intended length 4m, target hull weight 40 - 50kg.

I just can't see the point of this boat. 
The RS100 and D-one, whilst could be considered yet more boats to dilute the pool, they do offer something that either isn't done or has been done badly. 
This singlehander though..... what does it offer? 

I can't help thinking, the money spent on developing this boat would be better spent on a marketing campaign for the Rooster Streaker. 

It's doing reasonably well. But it's still very much a northern boat with little
knowledge on the south coast. At fed week this year I spent all week
explaining to people what the boat was and the fact that the class had
actually been around for decades.
A good solid campaign promoting the boat across the south would see far
more boats sold.
And then putting money towards possibly attending shows at other
countries and promoting the boat across the continent.
From that he could create nice consistent revenue through selling sails,
covers, etc etc.
If someone's going to invest in creating a new boat, i think there should be
a very obvious reason to do so..... so what's the reason?

Just out of interest it is the Rooster 8.1 Nationals this weekend, it will be interesting to see how many boats there are...