Originally Posted by
Boatmik
Yes,
I like the weights of Oughtred, Graeme Byrnes, a bunch of John Welsford's stuff.
We are all antipodean!
The Northern hemisphere went from traditional timber construction, to fibreglass in one hit pretty well. There are a few plywood racing dinghies in the North, but they almost all take their weight cues from traditional construction.
Thank Goodness for John Spencer NZ and Jack Holt UK (huge numbers of Jack's boats built in Australia - and he wasn't allowed to join the UK yacht clubs because "he worked with his hands)... in spreading lightweight plywood designs and building methods
MIK