>>By the way what cat did you get and are you using it solo?


A Formula 16; I modified a Taipan 4.9 platform; I hit a real snag in the financial department a few months ago and have been piecing the last components together over the last months in anyway I can. So I've been sailing on the F16 of a befriended sailor instead (Taipan 4.9 with my F16 spi). Anyways this is a whole different story.

I'm planning on switching between solo and doublehanded regulary on my own F16. I expect to sail solo about 50 % of the time. This was a major consideration on my list and it turned our to be a real discriminating point. Many alternatives failed on this point. I must add that I really be racing this setup in double setup as well so A-cat was out of the question. This sort of left me to I-17, FX-one, Taipan 4.9/F16. I chose the latter.

See attached pic of my platform.

Wouter