The Blade is this year's boat (the actual Championship will be held in early 2007). I cannot answer for how it handles the weight - I'll leave that to the F16 / Blade class to answer.

The process for a boat to become the next US SAILING Multihull Championship for the Alter Cup is a bid process where a manufacturer and a host sailing club put together a bid and submit it to the US SAILING Multihull Council to be voted on. There are bids in the works at the moment for next year but nothing has yet to be formally proposed and/or voted on.