It is in the interest of the class to find alternatives to what currently available.
Just like sails. You don't need to pay big bucks from the likes of Goodall, Irwin or whoever to get a quality product.
Please also note that the price is direct from the Fibreglass factory and the only interest I have in this is the growth of the class.
Chris
I'm not sure it's in the interests of the class to slag off manufacturers who have been quite supportive of the class over the years, unless of course there is good reason to.
As far as I have seen, Goodall and Irwin have always charged a reasonable price for a good product. I have a 5 season old Goodall and a 3 season old Irwin, both of which have had hard use but are still capable of winning a titles if pointed in the right direction. I would say these sails were pretty good value.
As regards your comment about the "build quality" of the new boats. How is a comment like that in the interest of the class? If you have a particular problem with something about the new Mosquitoes, what is it? Since, until now, they were built by Boyer Fibrecraft I don't see why the quality would be any different from Jim's other work (ie. very good). My boat was built by Larry Fay from the same mould and and other than the gunwales being finished differently (who cares?) I can't see that there's any difference.
For roughly an 8 year period, only one new boat was built. Thanks to a lot of hard work by a few people, in the last 3 seasons more than a dozen new foam sandwich boats are racing. THAT is in the interest of the class.
