Hi Taylor,

I thinck it doesn't matter where you live. Unless it's for pure pleasure you should use 7 or 12 cells. The official rules are there weather you live in the US , Europe or even Bangladesh the rules are the same everywhere.

if you stick with 7 or 12 cells you can compare your boat's speed with other boats worldwide because almost everyone uses 7 or 12 cells . Just my opinion , nothing wrong with running 8 cells. I have nothing against being inventive or anything.