Sad, indeed! Jon made some really nice Squares. I saw two of them campaigned in the 80's in CRAM. His last one came back to CRAM several years ago being campaigned by his son, Ian. The last I heard of that one was when it had some type of failure while being pushed pretty hard at one of our regattas. Still, I saw his boats put up with a great deal of abuse in the hands of people other than Jon. I would have great confidence in Jon's work. I wonder if the one that failed while sailing in CRAM is the same one that failed in Texas, indicating that the repair may not have been all it could be.