Hi all,
My wifr and I are former H16 owners and novice cat sailors. We sold to boat with intentions of eventually getting something a bit larger, like an 18 sw we could go out with others without too much trouble and we could stretch out a bit more. We love the idea of wings. I very much enjoyed the speed of the boat, and at times was even intimidated by it. We just started to learn to fly a hull.

We saw a Getaway on the beach in Sarasota this past weekend when we were visiting there from Orlando. We liked it for it's simplicity, no boom, the available space on it and the other extras like the storage. I have 2 concerns:

1. I will be dissapointed with the performance. My wife is not as interested in the speed as in the cruising, but I like the speed of the H16. Even in light wind I want to be able to get going on it. I don't want to piddle along just slightly faster than a monohull.

2. I am concerned about the long term outlook of the plastic hulls, i.e. wear on the bottoms from beaching and sun damage over the long term. It seems like you can't easily repain the getaway like you can a fiberglass boat.

Any thoughts or insights from anyone out there?

Greg