I am the owner of the boat that lies most of the summertime on the beach at Katwijk (Skuytevaert sailing club). This Blade was I believe one of the first five boats build by Vectorworks. You could say that it was a prototype, just as the Dynautic boat of Mirjam is by the way. I am pleased that the boat has been developed further since. It has not changed much of course, I believe the last version has now more buldheads and stringers <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. Serious. Hans has made some improvements to my ancient Blade version to bring it up to standard. I seriously hope the Dynautic boat will be a succes because we all need more F16's on the water. More builders means better boats at a better price I was told at school long time ago. It is a pity that it took Dynautic so long to get the production started but I am indeed glad that he has survived so far and is now producing. I also hope that his learning curve is steep and that the boat of Mirjam is up to specification.

Jaap
who has seen already some UN-troops on the Dutch beaches to enforce peace on the North Sea