Foxy Lady,the Zeeslang connection.

We can easily produce a bulkhead and frame set to this design if required but it will not 'measure' as the original boats had wood frames,not CNC cut marine plys we would offer,the boat will be lighter in wood epoxy though,so faster.

A Royal Cape One Design (RCOD) at speed,thanks for the words and picture Chris.

Hi Roy - I still own Foxy Lady which is a fibreglass RCOD. And yes these little boats still go like smoke. During the 2008 Vasco we regularly surfed at speeds of 18 kts. After the race the log and gps showed max speeds of 22 and 23.5 kts respectively. Neither of the drivers remembers achieving this speed but we may have been too busy watching the spinnaker leech to think about the log. We sailed a there and back race on Sunday ( abt 14 nm ) and finished first over the line and handicap. Although Foxy is for sale ( I have to sell her to finace refurbishing my Morgan 31 ) I cannot think of a better budget boat for the Sa coast. Her replacement, the L26 is a good boat, but you cant do ocean passages on one. As you probably know Suidoos II has 4 Atlantic crossings under her keel ( 2 South Atlantic Races from which she returned on her own bottom ).

Cheers

Chris