Just came across this but it looks as though someone has solved the soft wing/ hard wing problem, interesting. this concept scaled down would make for a great cruiser. http://www.**************/boats/2017/Komorebi-Yachts-Komorebi-130'-3064660/France#.WNFqoYXXKUk
There's a Mini 6.50 boat that was launched last summer with a scaled down reefable wing-sail... hard wing problem, solved.
Kevin do you have any links to that 6,50 on the web, and who built the spars? I'm assuming that the Pajot build will possibly be in house in japan.
The boat is Arkema 3. YOu can read more about it in general HERE but info on the sails seems pretty sparse at the moment. Arkema is of course interesting in promoting the innovations in composites so that's what they focus on.
thanks for that in like Pajot which has a full 360 degree rotating mast, so can sail dead down wind 6.5 looks like a mark 5 WOW wing (Wally Omar wing) wing, where as the Pajot is a different animal.