Open Source Wingo Design?

Sitting out in the middle of the Timor Sea at work, 6 hours by air from the nearest hospital (not to self: don't break important human bits) gives one many opportunities to think about things they would rather be doing. For me, being back at home hanging out with my wife is top of the list, but all this talk of wings sails has prompted a flurry of internet searching, sketches, load assumptions and the like in my off time.

My only problem is, as I assume for the majority of moth sailors, I have an understanding of the concepts of what needs to go into the wing from a basic structure, shape and function point of view, but I can't afford the time to come up with a prototype and then continue to break it as I develop it.

So I was thinking that there must be others in the same boat. Brilliant fabricators who can build any shape from carbon but wouldn't know where to start with calulating the loads, aerodynamic gurus who know what the shape needs to be but can't envisage the controls to make that happen etc. And a bunch of Do It Yourselfers who for their different reasons would rather build than buy off the shelf.

So I propose the Moth Open Source Wingo Sail project. A collaboration of likeminded moth sailors developing a base wingsail design from which we can all further develop to suit our individual requirements, knowing that the chance that the majority of the potential flaws have been ironed out at the design stage and not discovered after the build is complete.

This concept has worked in the past (the Flying Tiger 10m project on Sailing Anarchy is a good example), but does it fit in with the "Reclusive Mad Scientist in the Basement" Moth culture. A a relatively new mothie I'll ask for your guidance on that!

Let me know your thought by leaving a comment below. Who knows, this might grow wings... and fly!