But it's about where you put the weight.

The skiff in the picture I built has a minimum weight of 50kg also. But it is beneficial to have much lighter boats and bring the hull up to weight. Centralizing the weight is the most favored option, but some boats ( i14's ) have used movable ballast systems.

Obviously Class 5 landyachts are a very different beasts to skiffs but the same principal applies. Center of Lateral Resistance, Center of Effort, Center of Balance etc, etc... A lighter than minimum yacht allows you to put the weight in the best place.

Lachy,
It is a thing about listening to the way people speak and pronounce words. It seems to me Australians say "Stuff the rules of language and pronounce names and words they way they are happy with them. Does anyone stop and think of what the other bloke hears. There are a few that have taken a pot shot at me for stuff I say that may offend the Foreign ear. OK! So-be-it but Do not be too quick to Judge me for I have heard Emigrants ask where to find "The BUKED Bins, Please" (Note Please) Buggered Bins??? What the hell is he talking about?? Oh! Baked Beans.. What has he heard from us?? Quite often Good Stuff comes across as Get Stuffed. Good on you = Goodonya (Russian?) I like to push that right back at people..
Just a bad habit which I have developed and tends to offend the Patriot.. Get over it. I lost patriotism 6 months after I joined the Army and learned about the most dangerous clowns, I found that they were not the so called enemy.. I also found that the so called enemy was doing exactly the same thing I was doing. As he was told.
Ron
"Life is too short to be taken seriously and too large a Joke to not be laughed at"

OK! So no offense taken, just explaining myself.. Looking at the quality of ADl's workmanship I would be happy to classify him as Anal Retentive along with our Northern Brothers I just though he might get offended over the term and so I offered to buy his Seat Capsule. Nice Job ADl.
Ron
PS; I have a thing for CF and think it would be a pity to see this unit painted over.

There was a damaged carbon art windsurf board at balcatta salvage last weekend, just needed a nose repair, but the old biddy wants $10 for everything now , no matter how damaged

all finished. had out in the weekend. all went well nothing broken.
73 km/r top speed. it feels like it wants to go faster. i'll try and get
a betta photo. (this is the best yacht i have ever sailed).
bring on the next low tide. (and wind).

MAN that looks nice

Top job, well done!

is it me or is the mast to short/sail too long in the luff?
youve got no room to tension anything

yes the mast is to short. i need to make about 100 mm longer.
sail is a windward sail so shouldnt be to short. same sail as clem.

sailing photo shoot. will add more soon.

I have just my sail back from having 3 more patterns added.
dont have any photos yet. have been for 1 sail and seems to even
faster. It was only 5-6 knots and top speed of 51 km/hr.
I am also making another two of these class 5's. My brother has put his
order in. He has a blowkart and does want to get back in it. after sailing
my carbon 5.