There's no need to wait for a reply: Gunnar likes his boat.

Write me off list if you want the email of most owners and surviving builders. The list is short: less then 20 Catris were comissioned by 6 to 9 shipyards (most of them broken) in about 10 years. The longer series I know of was about 6 from the same (broken) builder.

The recurrent problems are lack of plans/information and business complications with the designer, usually followed by a difamatory campaign to discredit the last "burned" builder/owner.

Whatever you do, don't do it in conexion with the designer.

Good luck,
Luiz
sysfx@yahoo.com