Well.... nobody has commented on Hull 555 pictures, so I join in on the chainplate discussion.
* No question regarding the improved stability/strenght of moving the chainplates out to the hull. I vote no for moving them anywhere else (I preffer to keep them where they are)
* The only reservation here is the implementation of this change.
* Have the proposers of movings the genoa track closer to the boat centerline considerd that our boat is fairly narrow already?. Is it possible that moving the genoa track may put the car to close to the boat centerline and this may not work with our max hull speed and sail plan. It is a matter of angles with our narrow boat the current position of the genoa track already positions the sheets fairly close to the centerline.
* With the sheets inside the shrouds as I recall was also suggested. What happens on a reach or a run?
* Whatever you do make sure is not a chnge you can not recover from.
Have fun and learn as much as you can.
An experiment is worth a thousand words and I just contributed with a few.....
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