AHPC will continue to support the Taipan sailors with parts and sails of course. In his announcement on the Taipan forum Jim himself mentioned that with sufficient customers a batch of new taipans could be build if this group of buyers would find a skilled builder to take on the task. In effect he would lend out the moulds and probably advice on the production. But personally I don't fancy the chances of this happening. Afterall the Taipan was never cheap and one-off batch production will only add costs.
There is at least 1 boat builder looking into building 4.9's for small production runs in Australia. No final decision has been made yet though. AHPC are capable of getting batches of hulls built off shore as of now if there is demand.
