Berny, with the utmost respect I point out that one of your pictures is dated April 7th, 2004...that’s just shy of 7 years ago...there have been significant shifts in cat design in that period of time...not saying that your 430 is not a great boat, and fully acknowledge it can hang with the best of them, and beat the vast majority in its class to this very day...but one has to put it all into perspective...$5,400 for a incomplete 7 year old cat seems overly optimistic.
Fair or not, when viewed in the company of the DNA A cat, NACRA 20C and the other latest and greatest offerings to the catamaran community it looks dated. Add this to the fact that the F14 class has not yet "hit its stride”, and it all leads to "no interest". Until the F14 class is presented and accepted as its own viable stand alone class, a cat which is an end unto itself rather than a feeder class to something better, or something for those not able “to handle” a real cat…until it is accepted on its own with no disparaging strings attached it won’t go anywhere.