QUESTION: How is it possible to combine a moderate displacement hull with a performance underbody and still maintain seaworthiness? 
ANSWER: By carefully considering all aspects of underbody hull design to combine a moderate displacement hull with features that make it swift. Underwater section shapes that combine the best of racing designs with displacement cruisers. Plus wetted surface area is kept to a minimum but still maintaining strong directional stability with a full structural Rudder/Skeg combination.

Moderate Displacement PLUS Excellent Performance

From “Readers Design the Ideal Bluewater Cruiser” by Quentin Warren for Cruising World Magazine
               “In spite of the anticipated variety of opinions and replies generated by this survey, what emerged was a remarkably defined set of parameters.
               The tallied results indicated a moderate displacement, medium-draft fiberglass cutter with a two-spreader aluminum spar, integral lead ballast, full keel with cutaways and an inboard skeg-hung rudder.”