In an effort to get back to talking about sailing, I have a serious question.
Lets say I wanted to get a smaller boat (which I do, and doesn't require a forklift on the beach) to sail with my wife. I would want a boat that you could sail 1 or 2 up (most often with 2) with spinnaker that has a somewhat active class. The total weight would be about 275. Take away the possibility of soloing, I would guess that the F18 (infusion, older Nac F18, don't know much about tigers). But the F18 boats are almost as heavy as my 6.0. Now the whole F16 issue is interesting because you can solo them (if I understand my quick read of the f16 forum). I take it the Blade (is this a brand of boat or type of boat?) is of this class. What is the weight of an F16 and what other manufacturers make them? And how active is the f16 class in the US?