That's great to hear...I am glad Tom picked the SC17 to revive...Has to be the best "boardless" beach cat ever designed in the 16'-17' range...Faster, Stronger, Stiffer, Better Balanced, Points Better, Easier to Tack, Near imposible to pitch pole. All the fun of the other 16'-17' "beach" cats, with none of their inherent problems.

The SC17 made sailing fast fun, instead of work. Marketing, not the designs themselves, have (IMHO) always been the Achilles heel of the Super Cat Series. I wonder what would have happened if Hobie Cat (instead of Boston Whaler, which seemed to withdraw from the market prematurely) would have bought the designs from Bill when they were first introduced? With their beach oriented marketing machine behind his designs the SC17 might have been able to find it's true potential in the market place. The outcome of that scenario will never be known.

It is my wish that Tom has great success with the up and comming ARC 17...hope he puts some photos on his web site...don't make it a covert operation...LOL... might stur up some interest if you did a little picture story on the development of the "new ARC" from the "old SC17" Can't wait to see it...