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My first immediate thought's are that the pivot pin looks awfully small (although as it is just a concept, I guess you would beef that up)
As drawn the gudgeons attached to the stock look a bit thin as well.

The problem is fittings layout is generally quite individual. If I were you I would try fitting the obvious bits, then show us what's left...

I may find my way along to poke shiny things...

Couldn't help but notice the endless dangly pole demonstrations on the Ent next door... is there a commission for pioneering the concept?
I am also eternally confused by peoples desperate attempts not to call it a dangly pole...

Of course there's always the right along the boom, down the kicker, along the centreboard case, back up under the thwart approach.

Usually on the fordeck, just next to the mast gate.

Force 6 gusting 7 eh... soundds like an opportunity to siphon off a fleet of Street Legals...

If it's a big square socket you can get adaptors for GPs and Ents.

http://cid-8e6959cd30ffc7d1.photos.live.com/play.aspx/ASC%20Scottish%202011

A much better gallery, pictures courtesy of Tony Lyman.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64017570@N04/sets/72157626825065165/

Not much more than thumbnails I'm afraid, but everyone should be in there somewhere...
All taken during the first race on Sunday.

Day two and the wind seemed a bit more settled for race three.
Until the leeward mark. At which point they found themselves reaching into the mark with the GP fleet heading straight for them having just started. I got some pictures on my mobile but I can't liberate them until tomorrow.

Having been sat in a powerboat for the first two races, I can report some of the strangest conditions I have seen at ASC, Wind was ok for the first race, then swung 180 degrees in the middle, without dropping. There was the freezing rain and hailstones, before the wind dying during the second start sequence and commencing swinging round all over the place. It eventually filled in again just in time for the finish, I had to dash off sadly so I don't know anything about race three. The DCB proved fast enough in shifty inland wierdliness, and the vintage boats all looked lovely. I think there were 11 boats, but I may have miscounted. For the record, Ikea bags can be used as waterproof hats at the penalty of limited peripheral vision...

If only there was a marker buoy on the end of it...:X

Surely you'll be thwarted by the thousands of street parties...

Don't forget a lighter transom is easier to carry in the boatpark while looking embarrased...