one of the things you have to consider is the competitive class you make yourself into
whereas, is there any intrinsic advantage to 30ft LOA?
or is it a size you find yourself to be most congenial for some other reason?

if I were Rob, and Im not
Id be looking for a suitable homebuilt, that befitted trailoring so that the cost of mooring or harbouring could be eliminated entirely, in much the same way that makes off the beach cats so popular and trailerable. Just what that position is Im not sure I could say. What fits easily on a trailer?

next to this, he needs a cruising solution in the minimal ilk, aka most of us
this would be something in the order of 45ft LOA, with a 30ft windward hull. For herein lay the answer to a faster build than a comparable cat, that is safer and cheaper than a catamaran on the same needs. It is my interpretation that half the catamarans vast accommodation is wasted anyway, and in its smaller sizes the cat is absurdly less safe. less comfortable and less accommodating.

I think that, nailing down vessel sizes has been one of Denney's problems, so that he may finally make his deserved mark and achieve the notoriety befitting as a designer. Where to begin first, and where to reach for second, may make priorities a somewhat sordid affair of following the money :)

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