Thanks!
It's nice to see a moving demo, as well as learn how they upgraded
the system.
Helpful Youtube tip: If you pause the video where the good part
starts, then right-click on it, there's an option that says "Get
video URL at current time". That's a link you can send out that
will start playing where it was paused.
https://youtu.be/4pJ1j5GW78c?t=71
A door attached to the hull makes more sense than fastening a
fairing to the bottom of the motor.
It's not surprising that the boat has not sold well. I love the
Preso as long as I'm not looking at it or sitting inside it. The
trailerable shallow-draft kick-up centerboard boat with schooner rig
on auto-pilot is great. Good sail area, low center of effort, very
little work required to sail it.
However, with those twin low-aspect wishbone rigs on such a short
hull, it just looks homely once the sails are up. Maybe if both
rigs got a bit narrower and taller, and the forward mast were
lengthened by about three feet to give it more of a cat-ketch
look...
Plus, for $130k, a lot of people are going to want standing
headroom and two separate cabins.
For that price you could build pretty nice 14 meter KSS-style proa
with full standing head room, twin doubles or queens, a head, a
galley, acres of trampoline space, and a /lot/ more speed.
- Mike