In the beginning of July Robosail made her first trial runs at the IJsselmeer off Medemblik. The combination of the Vels mast and North sails worked very well. Unfortunately we had a lot of problems with the hydraulic system of the boom. It snapped off several times. Van de Stadt has redesigned the construction and we hope to have the boat ready this week. This means that we could not make it to the start of the Petitbateau race. When the boat is up and running we will tell you about the new plans for this season.

The new deck and cockpit layout. Almost no lines and no winches. The boat is about 400 kg lighter. (This is 10% !).  

Downwind she sails like a big Finn.