OK.

It's not my boat so this is hearsay. I'm a HUGE SuperCat 17 fan so when I heard that the bow broke off under mild sailing conditions I had to examine the "corpse" for myself. See the attached photo and see if you can spot the reason it broke.

Here is my theory. The hull appears to have seams top and bottom. I think after years of being dragged up the beach the bottom seam was simply sanded right through as you can see on the right side of the photo. No fault of Boston Whaler.

I've found a replacement hull in Big Bear near LA. How can I get it to Tampa? Jack Young at Performance offered to package it properly and ship it but this costs big bucks. Remember, this whole boat "retails" for about $1500 when intact.

Isn't someone driving the kids to see Micky in Orlando? Just lash the hull on top of your minivan and you'll never notice it is there.