Friday morning 7am I am getting ready to head out on a four hour drive to Vector Works Marine Inc.

My two dogs fumbling around, they are as excited as I am!

If you notice the clock on the wall in this picture you can see at what time I arrived, I left my house at exactly 7:57am EST. It is 12:05EST when I first spotted my boat.



Here is where Matt puts the finishing touches to the boats, in the background you can see another blade comming to life. I beleive that hull is going to Virginia.


Here is Mr Matt McDonald himself carrying my mast over the hulls. Aint he one strong DUDE!!!
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Here you can see the mast stepped and the rig starting to take shape.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade08.jpg[/img]

A few manatees stopped by to see the blade launch.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade09.jpg[/img]

Here she is with her sails hoisted.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade10.jpg[/img]

Here we are on our way out to do my test drive. Pretty much a shakedown.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade11.jpg[/img]
Shaking her down
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade12.jpg[/img]
On our way back in, everything was a success.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade13.jpg[/img]

The boat is at my driveway in South FL. FINALLY!!!! Here you can see where I decided to put my F16 decal. Matt, informed he was thinking about putting the decals there as well. I went ahead and followed on through with what Matt said. Its a great idea and I think it looks perfect.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade14.jpg[/img]

A little Yuquiyu (my avatar) action going on the bows.
[img]http://www.sefl3s.com/robi/blade_1/blade/_blade15.jpg[/img]

And a few other shots
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