Hybrid !

Quite a sweet looking boat, would be in there with the Hadron if I was considering Handicap racing every weekend.

It's a lovely hull form Mike, hope you have fun with it at some point soon.

All easily changed ... but it suits (me) for now.  Regarding comfort I wear hikers anyway and yellow shock-cord is what I've got available here.  Just wanted the most simple fly-aways for now.  The prime point of 'Hybrid' is/was to see what works in terms of the hull form and rig(s).   The hull is very easily driven but not too 'tricky' at all  and this general form and rocker in other boats has proven very very slippery.  It also 'should' be good for 'heavies' but we would really have to establish the effective crew weight ranges on the water.  The spars could carry less sail area or go all the way up to about 11.5m (but I do not think that would be needed at the moment).  Toestraps - easy to change, modify, alter to suit crew sizes and preffered sailing style - and not something I'd ever propose restricting.  I've not mentioned hull weight yet .. it is lightish and is between 55-60kg with centreboard in place.  If it goes much further then 45-50kg would/could be the target in epoxy.  You could go lower of course but I'd be then start to get concerned about practicality /durability etc..

Maybe the forumites and 'powers that be amongst them' could run a 'specials' meeting (when circumstances permit of course) for a few or many of us to try out new ideas and 'odd craft' thrown together during this odd time in history.  Building / modifying craft without rules for a change is good fun occasionally and quite liberating as wel as educational.  It could get the minds of the many working on 'Hybrids' instead of thinking all the time about the bl**dy virus !!