After re-reading my post, I beleive I was too hard on you. You know, Hobie is a great company, and has always supported our regattas and fleet, and since I have never owned a Hobie, I can't say that they as a manufacturer are not 100% behind thier customers.
My comment was made about the general ill will towards all manufacturers, be it cars or boats that have earned a bad reputation with customers.

My apologies for the flaming,

David Mosley
www.seacats.org