>>I was VERY excited about the Taipan 4.9 when it appeared on the market, figuring that that would be my next boat. Unfortunately, the sole US dealer is now (apparently) gone and only a dozen or so boats exist across the country.

That info is incorrect; two dozen is more like it and I think this is more than de FX-ones and less than the I-17 or A-cat but as Eric Poulsen wrote earlier. None of these boats are very abundent.

Wouter