Thread: solving a mystery

Actually, the more I ponder it, the more I think R41 tries to be too many things.
Some of those things seem to be mutually exclusive.
eg dry-sailing & dry-sleeping cruiser, vs long, thin, light, fast club racer.
It might be possible to hit on some magic combination of numbers which allow it
to do both well, but is it worth the effort? In fact, as MIK has alluded, at
this point in time, GIS does both better.

From a purely practical point of view, OozeGooze would seem to be the better line
of development for the multi-day solo cruising boat. Retains lightness &
relatively small volume. Cost is top speed, but if cruising/touring, you want
to be able to relax to enjoy the view. I do anyway.

Maybe it would be best if R41 abandon the keep dry requirement, and be redeveloped
as a competitive Raid boat and mixed fleet racer. This would allow the
deal-breaking inability to re-board to be eliminated, and give MIK more freedom
to design for performance under sail & oar. Dry sleeping can be had on-shore.
I think R41 could be made to excel in this role - fitting in between the GIS
& Beth. However, such a boat is not the boat for me.

I love watching the clip of Bryan hooting along https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/g...ml#post1225336
A crying shame there isn't more footage like this.
It has been a stimulating challenge thinking through the various dynamics.
Hopefully some of the ideas put forward will be useful some day to someone.
But for me, losing Brian in the process has soured the experience.
regards
AJ