This thread actually started with the statements :

"This month's Catsailor Magazine was a superb issue and I really enjoyed it! The insite to Vectorworks marine was awesome - I really wish them well and hope they bring us an F18 option soon."

Now this is certainly an F16 comment by a NON-F16 sailor. The article that was mentioned is ABOUT the Blade F16.

The first replies to this initial post were :

"I agree with Jake. That was one of the most exciting issues of catsailor. I too especially liked the Blade 16 article. Looks like a great boat just right for people like me (you know, the little people...)."

Written by Steven Bellavia (FX-one sailor)

Then Tim Bohan talks about converting a nacra 5.5 to F18 and in his next post he talks about F16's and USPN ratings. Note that also Tim is not a F16 sailor. Till recently he was a I-20 sailor and he is now boatless

Than Jake, the orginal poster states in his reply :

"I think the Blade is a damn sexy boat and would scale well to the F18 spec (although they would have to ADD some weight) - wave piercer bow but with adequate volume up front to handle a blow. I was very impressed with it at Tradewinds having sailed along side it once and having it show a slight upwind advantage over us on my F18. "

Jake sails F18's of course not F16's


So as far as I can tell this thread was about Vectorworks, Blade F16 and F16 in general (that also means F16 ratings) right from the beginning. And it was the non F16 sailors that hijacked their own thread.

Seems to me that you are hijacking this F16 thread yourself to do some slacking on F16's. This is arguably a 180 degree reversal to the original praising statements about the Catsailor mag article of the Blade F16's.

Now I will admit that the rating discussion got out of hand but your post containing words like :

"self absorbed F16 bigots "(who Jake, Tim, Steven ?)
"plundered this thread" (as if the thread was about anything else then F16's /)
"An intruder" (How can Jake and Tim be intruders on their own thread ?)
"who couldn't give a damn about the f16 class" ( saying that about Jake, the orginal poster, who has made the very positive F16 related comments above ?)


Ain't you living in your own world mr Whoa.


Wouter