I think we can all guess the answer to this question. Bimare thinks they can design a winning F18 in one go. Others who have actually done the walk know better. Blade F18 is 2 years head in development time and it is now testing the second version. It is expected that after completing this it will be put in production. Just as with the Blade F16, the F18 was noticeably modified when it went from the 1st prototype to the 2nd prototype.

You really have to do a significant amount of testing and altering before a design is ready to go and play with the other designs. I think even Nacra is finding this out. So in short, Bimare is quite some time away from having a proper F18. And even then I would love to see the Blade F18 and Bim F18 square-up and see which is the better F18 ! But that is just my personal opinion.

Wouter