Gree2056-
I am in Little Rock, AR and Rob has a 4.9 in Tyler, TX (in fact I am heading down to his house in the morning to sail with him and another prospective F16 owner) so there are some in your general area. If you ever feel like heading over this way let me know or perhaps you know of a regatta near you I might be interested in? My 4.9 is the original one in the US, I was going to build one because at the time they weren't importing them (this was pre-F16) and I even still have my official plans! However by the time I sourced all the "bits" (mast, beams, boards, rudders and stocks, wood, epoxy, sails, etc.) the cost was going to be very close to what I paid for the demo. I ended up getting direct from Aus. If you want an economical, sort of do it yourself F16 I would start with an old Category 2 A cat and reduce it to an F16 ala what one of the Aussies here did quite successfully. Just my .02-

Kirt