Manie B has upgraded his challange. I wish him good luck. I am sure a full keel will work. Its more a question of convinience. Sure sail area foreward will help overcome weather helm but you will have a fight between two forces. To my mind its better to eleminate the keel.
For more about his challange see:
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-building/manies-ten-51428.html
If Manie likes to quote from my work he is welcome.
I wonder about the byrocrats in Port Elisabeth will they give problems?
I have been to the book fair in Göteborg, to NM-epoxy in to get more epoxy, to Garmin, to Teufelberger for ropes, doing research in archives for my new book and much more.
Now I am back in Västervik for more work on the boat and book.
To be continued…
Regards Yrvind