The Tiger you buy new today is very different from the older ones.

I dont think the older ones even had sub decks.

The Tiger is actually a french design, the name escapes me now. But you still see the original boats in France and they look identical to a Tiger, same deck mouldings even!

maybe its an Aldao??

Anyhow the point is that Hobie could have sub contracted the build of the tiger to the original builder and put a Hobie sticker on it, but it just doesn't make sense to do that when you are a volume manufacturer and you have the skills and infrastructure in house.