ET,

I have always like this boat, except I don't want to stand up.
Can you give a little extra comment on how well the windsurfing sail works?
Do you give on sailing when the wind hits 50 or is it 60kts?

Did the rigid stays work well? Does the leeward side buckle away at a specific windspeed?
Would you recommend doing it again, or are there unseen issues?

Help! I'm seriously thinking about doing something similar, but sitting inside rather than doing the Viking statue pose.

Last (for now) would it be insane to make a schooner with wider akas and full displacement amas. Probably a sitting bench also.

Bet you didn't expect that blast.

Hey Marc,

If the wind gets to 50 knots I take the windsurfer, not the waterstrider.

The standing is only for showing off coming into port. Usually I am sitting on the windward seat slats with my feet on the middle hull.

For a rigid windsurf rig the rigid shroud is the only way I can see that the rig will behave as it should, and it does.

The clew does exhaust gusts, but there is no possible reefing option with said sails, and they keep pulling even when sheets are eased, so the only way to control overpowering is to over sheet, which causes the sails to become less efficient, or to change direction.

Here is a possible way of rigging with wires. See pic.

Last question, why not... Bigger can be better too sometimes, if you want passengers.

Et