>>Either way that doesnt sound good for catsailing.
The largest beach cat mfr in the world has an increase in boat sales while the rest of the industry has a decline and that's bad for cat sailing? Granted, most people on this board would hope that it's the glass boat sales that increased (it almost certainly is not). But, if the rotomolded boat sales can sustain the company and allow them to produce/import/support the glass boats how can that be bad? Besides the fact that the rotomolded entry-level boats are likely to lead some of these sailors to eventually buying high-performance boats.
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The reality is in our area there are very few sailors I know of that have transitioned from roto-molded boats to glass ones and have become active in our sailing fleet. So yes, I dont see an increase in roto-molded boat sales as necessarily an indication of good things to come.
I hope Im wrong though, and that with more time, and maybe higher gas prices, we'll see more people get involved at the fleet level. It just hasn't happened yet.
