Ding, heavy would be me eating pizza, drinking beer, and eating cake, while sailing... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Really though, what I meant was there was this prevailing attitude that the Blade was only for small people, but I saw some heavier people going very fast, faster than some lighter people.

I have no idea what the range of crew weights were but I think Matt and Gina were among the lighter of the 20 crews, I don't know who was the heaviest.

As I have been saying for two years, the hulls have lots of volume aft and can cary weight well. You don't have to be a skinny sailor to go fast on it. Certainly if you are going to race it solo you will have plenty of power.