Having followed the worldwide fun and frolics of various footy builds in other places I couldnt resist a try.
Being me the try has several lines of action;
1) build one with what I have
Plans for "razor" printed and built in 1mm styrene
http://footy.rcsailing.net/plans.php(thanks, Bill for putting them there)
Pictures of early stages of build attached below
Mast is to be tapered carbon tube plugged over fixed tube of the same taper - I will bind the end of the Mast with a little kevlar to prevent splitting
Boom fitting, I realise, can be my favourite silicone tube flexy pliugged onto the boom (barbeque skewer)
Rudder (now fitted) is styrene borrowed from scrapped yacht
Total time so far, a couple of hours and 2 nights to harden
2) review if I have any hull that is a latent footy
Dig out freestyle "Galleon" hull cut by my lad (then 10) with a hot wire saw
Hmmmm I wonder if a square rig footy would be A) fun and B) competitive?
3) Prepare to mould a fibreglass/papie mache hull over quick and elegant mould - this will follow what I learn from the Razor and galleon
Plug and first papie mache hull (perfectly usable if you use emulsion paint as the goop - I used PVA the first time and got a soft hull when some water got in) - see attached pic of PMY