G'day All,

Primarily my background is cat racing (prefer to race than just sail around). I am 37 years old now & started racing (when 10 years old)an 11 foot cat called the "arafura cadet". Over the years raced arrows(14foot ply cat)& mosquito. The arrow was my passion for many years wining one australian championship & many junior titles & have been racing tornado for the last 4 years with the spinnaker with varied results. These days I get just as much satisfaction preparing my own boat & sails as I do racing ( I especially enjoy beating my competitors that have purchased the latest & greatest of everything & get beaten by a "back yard" builder!!).

More recently a long time friend (Chirs Dean) & my self built the Blade F18 with interesting results.

Plans are to now continue developing the Blade F18 & to build 2 Blade F16's cat rigged for my self the Tornado crew & have some fun.

The main reason for my interest in the F16 is the material freedom, as we currently make our own sails, foils, hulls, stocks, trampolene, suffer tube & poles. The F16 rules now allow us to build our own mast & beams out the material of our choice. I cant wait.

Marcus