Postscript

Well its been a couple of years since the last post. What happened? Basically 1/ I gained access to a very nice Phantom 380; 2/ there was an interesting set of posts on the LBWS site which laid out the design for a wave-piercing skiff board. This design was subsequently (or maybe in parallel) commercialised in the Exocet RS D2 board. No real point in building a Phantom-like board when one is already available to sail, and when a new more innovative design is sitting in the wings. Thus it is better to wait and see how the skiff board design pans out before playing around with a similar design.

So life is good with the Phantom, coupled with a bunch of Tushingham race sails.

The fitness has slowly been building and so the opportunity to carry big sails in stronger winds continues to expand. In this regard, a real buzz this year was sailing the the Breakwater to Beacon race- huge fun although I finished well towards the back!

Anyway, good luck with the future and keep sailboarding!

All the best.

Martin