Hm, I guess you are more than only half right, Annie.
However, I try not to let speed beat economy and simplicity, so carbon masts and wingsails are not for me. The last 2-5% speed you gain with these extras are important if you race, but I can do well without them. In short, I try to make the sails good enough in the first place instead of adding cost and complexity to make them perfect.
All over Norway (..I wonder if it started in Finland...) there is held a sort of low-end car races (kind of rally-cross, not so fast, so quite safe), where anyone can make a bid on a car after the race. The max price (afaik) is 9000kroner. The races give bags of fun, both for the participants and the on-lookers. This idea could have been exported to a sailboat race-class or two and made racing just as fun and still affordable.
Anyway, as for rig development, for my own part I am about to say ‘job done’ or ‘good enough for me’. Am I about to grow up?
Cheers, Arne
PS: Back to topic: I still think that Victor’s boat would be a great buy. By breaking the big interior project into 3-4 smaller jobs, the boat could even be day-sailed in between working on her, since the hull, rig and rudder is good.