Most recent reason we know about because Ian Henehan built to the PDRacer rule but used the construction, foils, spars etc from the OzRacer RV plans.

When he tried to get a hull number he was told that “an OzRacer never has been a PDRacer”. Despite attempts by a third party and supporter of PDRacers to put the point that it was a class legal boat and that if it turned up to an event then it could be measured anyhow – that view persisted and the boat wasn’t wasn’t given the chance of being accepted.

The particular boat was built by a man who has built several aircraft, so there would be very little doubt at all that it matched the PDRacer rules.

If the PDRacer admin knows that anything Ozracer was used in a boat – then it probably won’t be accepted.

Hi Mark,

Most windsurfer masts will be too flexible and not strong enough. They are held up by the sailor holding the wishbone so the bending loads are about 4ft from the base. Also only the weight of the sailor with no stability component from the boat. So mast will be too bendy as well.

Hi Hugh,
It has been mentioned about stretching the Goat. The Goat works as a concept because it is so light and simple. The more I looked at it, the more I saw that it really requires a very different type of hull. It is at least going to double the weight or more if some ballast is included.

As far as the RV goes as a tender… I’m not at all sure how it will tow. It might tend to veer from side to side because the bow is so wide compared to other boats.

I hope I’m not damping your enthusiasm for what are nice boats the way they are. If I didn’t write such detailed plans and instructions I would be able to design more boats to fill these niches!

Best wishes Michael

By the way I have been working on some sketch plans on extending the GS into a small cabin cruiser (18/19′)- interested?

Sorry about losing you in the System Doug.

The early plans had a depth of 145mm for the back of the skeg. It was revised down to 90mm

Michael