Wouter,

I seem to recall your boat weighing in at around 123kgs. Ok then thats 18kgs over weight - still a lot of extra weight combined with hulls not designed with spinnaker sailing in mind.?

Ok the Aussie Blade was 111.7kgs - not bad for first attempt. The current boat we are building is currently 108kgs - only 3 more kgs to find without going to carbon mast.!

I dont disagree that you boat is not as F16, but your hulls originally were not & this is the main point.

From first hand experience & discussion with other Blade owners it is clear the two blades are behaing very differently down wind.

I never commented on the t-foils being unatractive - just difficult to operate, maintain & adjust. Not the recommended equipment for first timers.

My personal belief is this group should only push/sell rudder systems that are the standard t-foil arrangement that is currently on the stealth / Alpha F14 and to not make them too complicated - otherwise you will turn prospective F16 sailors away.?

The system you propose sounds too expensive for manufacture & expensive to maintain.

Marcus