Gina was designed as a performance motorsailer with ultra modern Italian styling. The parameters for the design called for good performance under sail, 14 knots top speed under power, ease of sail handling from the cockpit, and a fold down mast for boat house storage. She is a continuation of our ongoing research program into performance motorsailers which has been documented in several magazines. A model was built to evaluate styling and graphics as well as for research purposes.      The hull is built using our New Epoxy Wood System (N.E.W.S.) which has been so successful because of its ease of construction, light weight, and high strength. It is essentially a fiberglass hull and deck on the outside with a wooden interior. There is 3/4" of foam insulation inside for warmth and this also gives positive buoyancy, making the boat unsinkable. There is also a watertight bulkhead at the bow. The forward stateroom has a spacious double berth with hanging locker and vanity. A large head with separate shower is directly aft. The main cabin has a circular settee and efficient U shaped galley with lots of cupboard space and a stand up fridge. Three steps up to the pilot house is seating for four. The aft bulkhead of the pilot house is detachable and stores under the cockpit seats to open up the whole cockpit area to the pilot house. Aft is a double cabin with it's own w.c. and sink tucked under the cockpit seats.      Equipment includes a large electric fridge, propane stove, hot and cold running water, 75 h.p. diesel, and electric backstay winch for raising and lowering the spar at the touch of a button. A transparent opening hatch is over the forward berth, and another over the main settee.      The sail plan is unusual but has been used with great success on a variety of designs from the Aqua Cat daysailer up to and including a 40' catamaran. Both jibs are roller furling and are coiled on deck, still attached, when the spar is lowered. The underbody is long and lean providing good performance under sail or power. A chine step forward is necessary to turn down the bow wave at powering speeds. Amidship and aft the chine is rounded off and there is a swim grid for easy boarding from the dinghy. The twin keels have been model tested and optimized for efficiency and produce no more drag than a single keel but with much less draft.      All in all a practical but unique vessel suitable for the next James Bond movie, easily home built, or custom built at a reasonable cost.