V Twin

Well its getting nearer that point by the day, the bits are together and it could be on the water later this week..

Bet you're getting really excited..

Wide scow shapes and wide boats are very far from being new to dinghy sailing.  The 1800s Sandbaggers and skiff types had beams approaching half their length. The old Kiwi Idle Along had 6' beam on less than 13' overall length.  Elvstrom did an 8'6" wide singlehander many decades ago that he sailed once before burning.  Scow Moths were grest performers in a breeze, largely because they were light, but certainly not so good in lighter breezes.

As you'd know, Formula boards aren't exactly quick in sub-planing conditions, when form drag rises approximately with the square of the beam.  So it's an interesting idea (I reckon scows are a great type of boat) but it's far from unknojn in dinghies.

There's been some small cats with single surface-piercing centreboards that drop down from the tramp's centreline.  The surviving classes down here are quite good performers, able to mix it with anything of their type despite having box-shaped hulls.  So the surface piercing effect may not be a big issue.

Wide = Fast Acelleration and stability.

Even Wider = Light Guys can make em go.

I'm going to have to go some to tip it over, no doubt I will sooner or later and when it happens it'll be spectacular, but it'll have to be something catastrophically stupid to do it.

I've never like all that silly boat falling over nonesense, why would you design a boat to do that?