Thanks for this information - to all of you.

To get a proper foundation for discussion I now advised my dealer to obtain precise information on the weight, sail area, and make of mast for the 2006 model of NACRA F17. As soon as I have that, I'll post it.

And Wouter, thanks for forwarding my address to the Blade-dealer.

In the meantime, I'd like to understand the Texel handicaps. First, I guess, the higher the number, the slower the boat? Second, these numbers are apparently based on static figures since Wouter was able to create a new handicap based on the - assumed - less weight of F17. This would mean that boats with the same size, weight and sail area would have the same handicap = equally fast. Is this realistic?

Sorry if this was already discussed before (I'm pretty new to the forum) - may be somebody can provide a link where the creation of the Texel handicap is explained. And the address where the list itself can be obtained would be from interest, too ...