Hi George,
She was first launched in 1978, they were built by Sailcraft in Brightlingsea by Reg White I believe, who went on to produce the Olympic Tornado cats.
They are all over the world now if you look at the second hand market and still command a good price 😄
My model is based on the original works drawings and weighs in at 4lbs without keels plus another 4lbs for the keels which I will remove at some stage after the handling is known with them on ✔
The original had a mast head float to stop it turning turtle, I may do the same.
The Prout cats were more of a cruising cat I believe.
All the best, the Comtessa looks great
Ray