Yes, sorry Redreuben... Depending on the plugs form you could strip plank over it; you will save a lot of sanding and get a fine hull surface.
I think Tom.151, Rough and Par wrote what i also would have written; and here is how to do it cheap, with low windage, light and DIYable:www dot...
Big enough for what? As far as i understood you cut of the keel from the Soling hull and use it (the hull...) as the aka of your future trimaran....
I do not think you will get a low cost solution with this setup. For a heavy Soling hull, you could do it with a pair of suitable beach cat hulls...
Post race is fine ;); I think after page 50 the thread starter might want to summarize the rule, so we can finalize a release 1.0?
Thanks for this link, a good idea and very well explained. I will try it. This is the kind of information this proposed class needs to reach the...