Hi all,
yes I do hate the days in between sails. Especialy as I am madly trying to weld up trailer etc to travel to Colac reggatta and yes there are A class and usualy Taipans and hopefully F18's there.
I have been told Glen Ashby and Greg Goodall will be attending, not that I need that sort of competition at this stage. Colac is a inland lake nice flat water so should make it easier to sort Altered out amongst the mixed fleet I hope, Colac is also Tony McKenzies home base maker of carbon rudders etc. as used on Blade F16 and other cats.

Last year we had 10 mossies there, 5 with spinnakers, so hopefuly they will get a good turn out again and yes Steve I will take it easy on them, I am sure they will beat me on handicap.

As far as the cost of Altered it is very hard to compare to costs elsewhere because the platform cost realy just depends on what you can pick up second hand. The modification costs were minimal just time as I did it all myself. I hope this doesn't get anybody too excited but the complete boat on trailer as seen in final pictures cost around $10,000. AUS. but this relies on picking up a cheap ruff A and knowing where to source cheap parts and materials and heaps of labour hours. By comparison in AUS a new Mosquito was going to cost a bit more and Taipans sell second hand from around $8,000 good ones $10,000 plus.

Regards Gary.