F18 Designs: Capricorn II ?

Photo: Pierrick Contin Capricorn V1 –  I´ve been hearing rumors, and also saw posts in some forums for a while, now they seem true.  Specific details at Catsailor.com posted .

So the design which was the predecessor to the Infusion and Wildcat will be possibly having a new version. The succesfull AHPC Capricorn, World Champ in 2006. Designed by Martin Fischer who also designed the Hobie Wildcat. The Capricorn is constructed by AHPC, where Greg Goodall, one of the most talented member of the catsailing community run his business. Greg also designed the Capricorn´s wingmast and sails, and happens to be also one of the best sailors out there too, as he demostrated at Belguim.

Nice combination of skills and knowledge in one person!
We´ll wait for more details as AHPC hasn´t published any offical info yet.

Errata: I made an error by not naming Martin Fischer as the designer of the original Cap when 1st posted, already corrected. Sorry about that, also check previous posts in Catsailingnews where I got it right the 1st time… Martin Fischer , Hobie Wildcat

Here the remark made by a reader in comments on this post that also adds some good info regarding origin of the Cap:

“The Capricorn was designed by Martin Fischer, who also designed recently the new Hobie Wild Cat. The original boat was designed in 2001, a pre-series with around 10 boats was built and the original design was slightly modified in 2003. The first boats of the final shape were presented at the Worlds in 2004 in Italy. The modifications of the design were also made by Martin Fischer in close collaboration with Jim Boyer and Greg Goodall.”