Charles, great pictures! Thanks for the links. I really enjoyed the original ads for the Venture Cat. My boat must be the earlier model...it lacks any kind of "raised area" on the hull. My mainsheet attaches to a single point on the boom.

One of your personal pictures showed your boat (and you, I guess) in what looks like the ocean. Was it off the coast of France? The nearest coast to me is the Oregon coast, and I've never seen it as calm as that seen in your picture...I'd never be able to take my boat offshore!