200818

In my shed,

I have a couple of very early NZ/UK IOM's with flat decks from bow to stern.

I have been racing the DF65 a lot which also have a flat deck bow to stern.

So the burning question that is rolling around in my head is

would a flat frank fore deck work, or will poke and round up?

Frank's has one of the biggest waterline bow sections

and as yet a Frank has never fully poked on a downwind,

however its been mostly mid A rig this last season.

So here we go, Flat plywood deck, bow to stern.

Frank 3.1 is going to tell me how far I can push into a low volume fore deck....

I am going to name Frank 3.1 the "Orange Submarine" for obvious reasons

Photo ----> Frank 3.1 Female mold 2/3's printed.

3 more days for 3 more sections to print, then glue, sand, tape, and layup .....

Here we go again

:)