I don't really understand Nacra in this marketing strategy. To talk up a boat is one thing, everybody does that, but nacra is almost overconfindent. I would wait and see how the boat does first. The fact that they had to delay production (redesign the hulls ?) suggest that it was not all thay succesful straight out of the mould that they seem to proclaim. Hell, even the Cirrus F18 and Capricorn F18's went through several iterations before they got it right. And even then some will say that they are not completely there yet.
Designing a new and succeful F18 is by no means an easy task anymore, to much development has been done in the class and each new design has to do alot of tweaking before it is level with the former last new generation F18's
We'll see how the infusion will do
Wouter
Wouter Hijink Formula 16 NED 243 (one-off; homebuild) The Netherlands