"Jim Cate" wrote in message
| If they're using the same molds, how do they manage to produce a deep-V
| hull with a contour substantially different from that of the 26X? And if
| they're using the same molds, how do they get rid of the five-foot
| cavity in which the dagger board nested in the 26X? (Maybe they use some
| dry-wall compound to fill in the cavity, and then paint to match the
| rest fo the hull?) And if they're using the same mold, how do they
| manage to fit the dagger board housing into the hull while adding the
| permanent ballast?

They took an old 26X mould, a pair of shears and some junk plywood to make
the changes.

CM