Sent an email to Vectorworks Sail. No response yet. Here's the gist:

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Very interested in the Blade 16!

Two biggest questions are:


1. Shipping?

How do you meet the customer needs for transporting? Are there shipping options? Is the only option driving down and picking it up? [Live @ 1K miles from Titusville.] If so, a road-worthy trailer is a consideration and do you sell these?

2. Options and parts?

As far options go: I am looking for a boat in the 16-17 foot range. The Blade 16 caught my eye on the catsailor forum and from reading an interview of Phill Brander on hull design [soda bottle comparison]. I am interested in the bare basics with this boat to start with, with the idea of adding options like the spinnaker as I go along? I know this is a high performance boat, but the majority of the sailing I do is recreational. Can price reflect a base boat price -- boat, sails, etc. -- with options and prices or is it all one unbreakable package?

How is your documentation on assembly and parts?


So, how'd I do? Is thinking about this boat mainly as recreational heretical? Like hooking up a thoroughbred racehorse to a kiddie cart?

I really like this hull config pic:

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