Wouter,

From the open forum, I see that you would go with the Kevlar option on the Blade and forego the carbon foils if on a budget, where I was originally thinking the opposite. Now, I understand the benefits of Kevlar and I suspect this would be a good option, especially for beach storage, where kids jump up and down on your boat when you are not there. So now it comes down to the carbon foil option to decide on. Money is not the issue, but having to endure the eyebrow raising from the wife as the cost of the boat keeps going up. At last years price upgrade of $1000, I could not justify it, but at $390, I'm on the fence. Any thoughts on if it is worth it or not? I'm not a great racer, but I'd rate myself a good or very good racer and in reality I'll probably be pleasure sailing a lot more than I'll be racing as I have been shifting away from racing over the years.

Thanks,

Jamie