What would you do?

either;

put a decent rig on a topper

or

make a topper pointy at the front(although you could say thats a laser i suppose)

A 50kg all up IC, with a 10.6m² camber induced sail, on 750mm wide hull.
This is not a just an idea - I'm building one!

a few weeks ago




a few months ago


and Steve Clark has made one already


see Development IC rules

Edited by I luv Wight

that would be the assymetric canoe 

Now that you mention it, I do have a 12 foot hull laying about somewhere....

Doesnt come much lighter either... all non-essential componants have been stripped. footloops, hatch covers, blocks, cleats, foredeck, spaceframe, paint....

A couple of thoughts on my thoughts...
On putting a stayed f/b rig on an RS300. Obviously other people's mileage varies, but I was very strongly considering buying one last year, but the rig is for me most off putting.

In the end the Development Canoe proposals came out, and that is very much to my taste. I think putting a big kite one one is somewhat defeating the object - to my way of thinking the IC has always been somewhat minimalist - narrowest hull, very moderate sail area, a rapier, not a broadsword, and putting a big kite on doesn't quite match. More elegant by far to have a boat that hardly needs one.