Fila #87 ready for sailing season

Today i took some time to check and update Fila for 2014 F5g season.
No major changes, just a wash, polish and cosmetics

The old rudder had a gap and a steel shaft

leaving rust behind

This was the prototype rudder, but it stayed with the boat for the whole season.

The 3d printed rudder(which has a refined shape) will be used on fila

The paint match is not good at all, but makes me think about doing a blue-white boat one day

The kicker

3mm thick 3d printed tensioners are used on all lines
a new hook design holds them in place

the hooks are 2mm aluminum bicycle spokes

new jib weight, 20g lighter, hopefully i won't catch something on it

The super simple telescopic boom is making adjustments easy

The rudder looks bigger, and does not fit in the red-white-black color scheme, but it's functional.

I am not sure what boat i will sail this year. Maybe Fila or evolution. But hopefully a canting keel boat.
The goal for this year is to experiment with different boats, incorporating movable ballasts. Offcourse the competition spirit remains and winning another national championship would be nice.