A Radical 8.25m (27') 2 handed racing proa
... was to have been built for next year's Round Texel Race, which is billed as "the biggest cat race in the world" and had an entry of 600 boats last year. The boat is on hold at the moment as we have been refused entry for unsecified "safety reasons". The owner and Rob have appealed. Rob will be building a 7.6 m (25') Elementarry to further test the folding beam concept and also check out a simpler building system for the Texel boat. STOP PRESS - the appeal has failed, we have been warned against "just turning up" or racing unofficially. The race boat is now on hold.