It is not productive for the catamaran sailing community for anybody to say negative things about other classes of catamarans. We should all be supportive of everybody who has a multihull. And if somebody personally thinks some other cat is a piece of [censored], he should keep his mouth shut.
I have to disagree with you, Mary. Part of the value of this forum is access to opinion like that posted by Jalani. Granted Jalani's post was MORE useful after your question prompted an elaboration of that opinion.
The onus is on the reader to determine how much he/she values the opinion of a particular person, but the more opinions the better. I feel that it is counter-productive to silence someone's opinion or to create an environment where people refrain from posting an opinion because of pressure (real or perceived) to not offend anyone.
So if anyone thinks one boat is better than another, please say so [and let us know why you think thusly]. In this case, Jalani's perspective on the positive aspects of the Dart 16's design features contrasted with what appear to be construction deficits was very useful information.
