12ft skiffs develop a new boom vang setup

Actually in the 300 the bend is desirable.

Originally posted by Guest#260 We use the GNAV on the MPS and I don't see any disadvantage

I'm sure you don't.

But, for instance, with the same basic layout you could have a tension vang on a radiused track and traveller and the gooseneck on the bulkhead not the mast which would mean you could eliminate the lowers and use a lighter mast section. You'd lose the fuss round the mast and the strut and the whole thing would have lower drag, and the kicker perpendicular to the boom would require even less string.

On the other hand that setup would be not be that much faster - probably not enough to notice against other classes - and much more expensive to build, so it wouldn't be a good option for a one design.

Everything in sailboat design is a compromise. Given the rest of the design decisions in the Musto Skiff the compression vang looks like a good option, like the RS300 I mentioned. On my last Cherub, with a mast stump, permitting no lowers, and the need to get my fat head under the boom, it would not have been a good option.

Originally posted by Granite stump... I do not think works unless you have shrouds going to the spreader roots

Which it has, being based on an R rig.