Thanks Pepin. I had to do a search for Hurricane 5.9's. I had not heard of them before but yes, that is just the kind of boat I am looking for! Very nice. You see why I'm looking at Nacra as well...big boats but not overly complex. You're right about the Tornado - that is at the extreme end of my list of choices! I can see now that it's unlikely that my budget extends to a new boat in this size/class, yet it's more than enough to buy a used beach cat anywhere in North America. I know nothing about buying and shipping something this big, if I find a good buy on a used boat in Florida or Texas or California. Obviously there must be companies that do this all the time. I have a brother-in-law who owns his own truck and drives a North-South route from here to the Carolina's...I'll have to ask him some questions.

Time to do a search for Mystere's as well and see what they're like.