This 7.3 m yacht, commissioned for use on the inland lakes and coastal waters has some exceptional features. The design brief has been filled in a creative design utilizing two ballast keels raised and lowered in synchronization. The main motivation for this development is to create an unobstructed, though compact, interior in conjunction with the low draft. The keels themselves are arced inward to maximize stability, creating almost 5 degrees of static windward heel. Shifting the asymmetrically shaped foils from side to side is simply done with tackle, as the weight of each balances the other. Lifting them both requires only leading a line to one of the deck winches. The hull is shaped to take full advantage of crew weight for performance enhancing stability upwind and plane easily and smoothly off the wind.
