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Very nice and sleek - looking good!
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Those pictures are probably deceptive, it's quite hard to judge the true shape.
But it looks as if there is a lot of volume below the chine?
Is the chine intended to be well out of the water unless you're sat right at the back?
Has this changed a bit from the previous prototype?
 
Internally, no thwart to brace the centrebox? So is the double floor quite deep?
 
I must admit, it's a prettier shape than an Enterprise.
How long before the first 'Icon PY unfair' thread....
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Underwater looks good.
 
Sidetanks look voluminous = float too high, invert etc. - my usual hobbyhorse. Would be happy to be told it floats with c'board 6" above the water...
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The indents on each side are to recess shroud anchor points and the larger ones to "dock" with the launching trolley.  The hull is 14'8" by 6'4" (4.47m * 1.94m) and I think it looks a bit like a NS14/Merlin hybrid on steroids!
 
Personally, I think it is more important to design it to be comfy to sail with curvaceous side decks, and to some extent accept that it will be how it will be when it is capsized.  With a light (sealed?) carbon mast I doubt recovery will be much of an issue anyway.


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Also what about cockpit drains? I suppose the under-employed, spinnaker deprived crew can get busy with the sponge....
 
Seriously, one of my grumbles about the RS400 is the mickey mouse self bailer. If you can afford a new boat you can afford an Elvstrom bailer!
Or will it self drain through the transom? Upwind?
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Originally posted by Peaky

The indents on each side are to recess shroud anchor points and the larger ones to "dock" with the launching trolley.  The hull is 14'8" by 6'4" (4.47m * 1.94m) and I think it looks a bit like a NS14/Merlin hybrid on steroids!
 
Personally, I think it is more important to design it to be comfy to sail with curvaceous side decks, and to some extent accept that it will be how it will be when it is capsized.  With a light (sealed?) carbon mast I doubt recovery will be much of an issue anyway.
 
14'8" is a big boat. I have a suspicion heavy crews will clean up in any decent breeze.
For a pond boat, whether your mast was sealed before you broke it by inverting doesn't make much difference...
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Not forgetting sealed masts often means the water that gets trapped inside can't get back oot...
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