I was helping the local Taipan rep demo his boat to a beach sailor from Va Beach.

They sailed the boat ... he loved it... loved the weight etc etc.

Then the deal breaker.

He insisted that he would only buy the boat if he was sure he could drag it up the beach... He would not use beach wheels... he had to know that he could simply drag by the front cross bar over rocks and debris.... He planned to have a bottom job done on the boat every year.

Needless to say... the dealer did not let him drag his boat across the beach... The guy was very offended..I came all this way to see this boat... blah blah blah.

Point is... Lots of different kinds of sailors out there.