Bob

1. The Dealer did not treat us very well. Mike ordered a new boat and recieved a used boat. The boat was brought to Charlotte,NC buy Dennis and I took it to Mike in Atlanta. When Mike was putting the boat together The spin had a hole in it, the rigging was rusting, the hulls had scratches on the bottom, the mast had sand in the top of it, it was missing parts. The dealer said it was never sailed and he did not know what happened to it after it left him. He would not do anything. I saw pictures of a boat that looked like the one Mike bought on the Catfight site ( same sail number and color of spin) we told this to the dealer and he said maybe someone had used the spin. Still nothing. I think that is bad dealer support.

2. Our dagger boards leaked. We put tape over the holes but they just leaked. Maybe no others did but ours leaked.

3. I just don't think it sailed well the N20's were always ahead of us unless it was flat water. I am not as good as sailor as you though.

4. Our hulls leaked I don't know about any other boats, but ours leaked until we workrd on them.

5. I think the hull seam was ulgy with the electrical tape and should not look that way on a 12,000 boat. I did not like the hull seam on the older Tigers either. It is just my opinion.

6. I did not know how much the gunboat was, I thought I read it would cost around 40,000 (sorry I was wrong). The boat was really awsome. My point was that even after spending all that money on the boat it could still be beat by a stock factory boat with good sailors.

I sailed the 18 HT some 700 plus miles and in several regattas and the items I stated were the experiences I had so I don't see how they could be inaccurate.