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OK - here are 4 images two are from above, two from behind looking at the transom. Are there any notes from previous sessions about this that you can see?

[This is the current state of the conversation — this is the live session you're in now]

Yes, I can see all four images clearly. And yes — I have notes from your previous session injected into my context. Let me put them together with what I'm now seeing.

What the previous session established (from transcript):

Wide flat-bottomed scow hull (validated by Lift eFoil boards — wide flat hulls foil just fine)


Four pivoting foils on outrigger arms, similar to trimaran akas


Hybrid propulsion: electric thrusters + sail


Key decision: two rigid braced akas rather than four independent struts


Fixed rear foils, pitch-adjusting front foils for stability


Bracing-wire drag only matters pre-foil (in displacement mode) — acceptable tradeoff


The X-bracing visible in the top-down sketch was identified as a structural concern (submerged drag)

What I'm seeing in the four sketches now:

Sketch 1 (top-down, coloured) — the wild one. This is a looser conceptual sketch showing: the olive/green oval is the hull platform; four spider-like strut assemblies at the corners; propeller pods on each strut (the circles with crossed lines); a central mast/sail assembly (black, pointing up); and a red/orange element at the bottom — that looks like it could be a centreboard, rudder, or daggerboard assembly with a yellow float/bulb below. The blue wavy lines are the waterline/water surface.

Sketch 2 (top-down, clean) — the structural plan view. Blue rectangle = hull deck. Four corner assemblies with X-cross bracing between the paired fore and aft corner mounts. The bracing runs diagonally corner-to-corner in two separate X patterns (fore pair and aft pair). This is the "two akas" interpretation — each X is one aka's bracing structure.

Sketch 3 (top-down, more developed) — similar plan view but now with a sail plan drawn in blue — multiple horizontal lines suggesting a fully battened wing sail or lateen, with what looks like a wishbone or boom structure. The bracing is still there but the sail integration is being worked out. A small thruster pod visible on the left strut.

Sketch 4 (rear/transom view) — the clearest structural view. You can see:

The blue rectangle is the hull, sitting at the waterline (blue waves)


Two pivot joints at the hull's top corners (the large circles) — these are the aka pivot points


Struts deploying outward and downward from each pivot


Foil nacelles at the bottom of each strut (the torpedo shapes with swept foils)


A person standing in the hull — gives scale (hull looks about 2-3m wide)


Red/orange sail above — wing sail or crab-claw shape


The foils are below the waterline, the hull is sitting on the water in displacement mode

The thing that jumps out from sketch 4:

The pivot joints are at the top of the hull sides, not at deck level. That means the struts pivot outward and down — like a folding table leg. When deployed, the foil is well below and wide of the hull. When folded, the struts lie along the hull sides. That's an elegant stow mechanism.

Ready to write this up as a proper page? These four sketches tell a coherent story.

Now I get to see the images you couldn't upload before. Ready to draft the page?

Yes — I can see the session transcript notes and the sketches together now. Want me to write up the page properly?