Saw the two bits together for the first time today, which confirmed just how big she is, but it's exactly the parameters I want, long waterline so she'll go upwind just fine, and wide so she'll be stable.

So today was all about decisions, poles, kites, jib, mast position, tillers, centreboards, racks, obviously to prepare the fixing positions for shrouds, mastfeet etc.

We're basing our dimensions on what's going to be a bit of a cross between an RS700 & 800, we're going to definitely go with a wing-wang, a jib boom with a furler, the pump system to hoist the kite and a mix of the fittings of those two boats, the hull itself is already radical enough to best to go with tried systems initially to make it go.

The stern, we've decided to go with carbon racks centred at 1.50m each given 3.00mtrs width and righting moment which should be more than enough to keep her as upright as she needs to be and able to fly a hull. So to prevent the racks digging in they'll need to be set into the deck and wedged.

The centreboard case is going to be and extended plated similar to the RS200, it'll need to be longer to compensate for the tunnel height and high aspect ratio so will extended pretty much the entire length of the tunnel, the case is built already and we've allowed for pivot positions so I can bring the mast back even further if necessary.

It still looks like it could be a potential twin handed thing, but we're still going for the original concept, it'll have a fairly long tiller extension , we had a lot of discussion about twin rudders, twin tiller extensions off one rudder, for or aft sheeting, off boom or centred, but given the jib and the need for the main to be centre sheeted, we've opted for conventional centre sheet bridled and the jib and main connected, we're also considering a jib pole to facilitate goose winging the jib for the odd occasion when running with the kite isn't feasible.

I'm going to settle for two sail sizes, one as big as I dare for light to medium, we may as well go for broke, see just how fast we can make it go, and a smaller main for breezy conditions.

So with any luck next time I see it, she'll be together and maybe even on the water..