that's my thought, I'm just going by how well-built other glass boats from the early-mid 70's are and how well they have held up relative to some glass boats from the 80's and 90's and I'm thinking that for under 5k I could have something a whole lot more fun than your regular hobie, even if it can't race within it's class. I don't care too much about stiffness, if I like the boat enough to get involved with the class association, I'll upgrade to a marstrom.

The guy selling it is the original owner and he seems pretty old and didn't talk about the boat as if he had raced it alot. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just someone's beach toy, I know of a couple older tornados that were kept at lake webster for the exact same purpose.