[quote=captedteach]Having pitch-poled a H16 more times in one day than anyone would want to in a life time, I will say this. I would look for a different boat with more hull volume.
The 120lbs you are saving is supposed to be behind the mast - I would think placing that weight forward would be more like 60-75lbs of usable less the weight of the hardware added.
As far as adding a chute - the forward structure could actually help in that matter - a solid mount for a spin pole but you would want to be careful about the tendency when sailing to step on anything that is not water Sudden weight shift to forward half of the boat may not be a good thing.
What about looking for a G-cat 5.8? tramp is already there and they seem to be good solid boats ...[/quote]
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