Timbo,

Hollis has been sailing his F16HP (Taipan 4.9) by himself for the past several regattas. He was at the Tradewinds in January and the TBCSI Memorial Day Regatta this past weekend. I think he plans to sail it again by himself at Daytona Beach.

Regarding racing with the F16HP sloop, we have found at our local club races that in the lighter wind conditions, the F16HP uni can hold its own against the sloop.

I hope you decide to purchase a Blade. If the class grows large enough here in Florida, maybe we can have one design classes for both the uni and sloop. Now that would be something!

Jennifer
Taipan 4.9 #262
Tiger #870