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Yes, its an AI generated image and makes no sense at all :)

I've used chatgpt a few times recently, and found it pretty useful, if only to collate and summarise things that actual human beans have said somewhere. But retain or start with your own knowledge first where poss. I've sometimes responded to ai with "but surely that doesn't make sense because xyz", and it responds "yes, you're right, good catch". I've even had "ah, yes, your solution is better than mine". And smilies.... very creepy.... Skynet/Terminator here we come! It can be useful, but use with care, never forget the A in AI ;)

Hmmm, yes I'd be doubtful to take that as guidance/gospel. I know nothing about 10r exoticity (real word...), but I did notice the carbon-encapsulated battery....? And the servo which seems to operate an athwartships lever (adjustable keel cant?). Oh, and isn't screwed down... Two un-enclosed pcbs (extreme weight saving?)... A pretty pic, but looks a bit too lovely

I like the fact that it only has shrouds on one side - a proa perhaps? Your plan shows the winch drum above the deck. I haven't seen a boat like this in years and would highly recommend having the drum below the deck as it is so much easier to keep the water out like this. You will need to choose between a continuous winch line and a single ended winch line and whether to have the winch line (and the tensioner) above or below the deck. The latter looks better but is so much harder to repair at the lakeside. On my 10Rs I use 2 winches with single ended winch lines exiting right at the stern and these pull the sheets directly. This saves the friction (and expense) of turning blocks. I tension the lines with fishing pole elastic that runs in a loop to the bow and joins the two winch lines. There are many other ways of doing it and I seem to be in a minority of one in using two winches.

The first step was getting my little shop space sorted out and building a simple torsion box out of MDF as a platform for the strong back.