Hi Kirt,



Thank you for the information about the availability of used Taipan but the building experience is very interesting to me.



Also, I still have a catamaran to sail in the mean time



The thing that really got me started is the Tornado Sport page of Bundok and Forbes (the page seems to be unavailable now). The had many picture with the setup of their conversion to the Tornado sport with all of the rigging and I found it very simple



I feel that the Taipan is much closer to the Tornado than other commercial cats and I certainly want to take that path.



I stil waiting to see where I wil be working this summer but if the boat yard has a fiberglass and wood facility, I could very well build it this summer.



Charles Leblanc Nacra 5.2 #26