Development and testing has been underway for over 18 months. A variety in masts,  hardware positioning and different sail cloth and shapes has been tested. The new hull shape starting with a wave piercing bow forming a diamond shape hull stretching backwards into a “square-isch” transom, is of major importance in combination with the curved dagger board.  Although the basic shape was chosen, several adjustments were made driven by new technology and knowledge which was gathered by Melvin & Morrelli while working on the Americas Cup project for BMW ORACLE.

Pete Melvin: "It is not a coincidence that the hull shape of the new F20 Carbon shows resemblance with the floats of the AC boat, we were able to take the knowledge we gained at the AC project and scale it down to the F20 Carbon. The most noticeable and distinctive feature is the chine that runs from the bow backwards on the hull allowing the water to flow away from the hull. Combining the chine and wave piercing bow with the upper deck shape reduces drag piercing trough the waves both upwards and downwards”.