It's yet another glorious summer day here in East Cowes. The first new skins are just being laid down in the hungry female moulds. The doors of the shed are open giving a view out over the Medina River. From the shed you can look out and see Hydroptere out sailing. They arrived yesterday and will spend a week or so taking people out for a blast. It's all extremely motivating to me of course. I can't wait to get this new boat in the water and go finish this job of showing the world what a really fast boat looks like.

I think, in one form or another, we may well be racing those guys out there for many years to come. They have left the outright speed sailing chase for now, but in an odd way, I don't feel our next boat is really racing them or the existing record. I think it will be in a class all of its own.

We spent a day up at AEROTROPE yesterday sorting out final aspects of the main hull/fuselage design. We are all working hard to get this MkII on the water for the end of summer. I personally want to be at Weymouth Speed Week in October in shape to do something special. That's the plan as it stands... but we won't compromise the final product by rushing it at the end. The main thing is that we are now focusing on the end of the build and we are pushing ourselves to get there.

Won't be long now party people.

Cheers, Paul