Interesting development...what will it weigh?

I still think the current lot of A-cats are priced at a premium compared to the materials that go in them (or lack thereof). I also think you can still build a boat at minimum weight, using carbon or kevlar, with aluminum beams, and concentrate carefully on your manufacturing process (and location) to create a significant price drop.

I was pretty sure that though the Blade was being manufactured in a cost reduced manner, that it was NOT done so not through by reducing quality of materials. The price reduction was achieved, instead, through cost effective labor in China and making the gamble on investing in large(r) scale production thereby realizing economies of scale and hoping that the demand would follow (which it did).

My Boyer MkIV with Kevlar hulls and aluminum beams has proven to be very competitive locally against an A2 and and an XJ. It's 8 years old and weighs 6 lbs over minimum weight...I think weight is going to play a large factor in the sales success of any a-cat whether it is a real performance difference or a perceptual difference.