paul & dacarls, thanks again for the input!

regarding the designer of the boat, I think he designed and build a wonderful boat. this boat is from 1980 and at that time it surely must have been outstanding in terms of how much detail thoughts went into the design. its one of the few beachcats you really can see that many issues were thought about deeply and answered in a very clever way, something you still lack nowadays with a lot of modern or so called high-tech designs. I am pretty sure if the designer wouldn't have developed this boat back in the late 70s and would start nowadays at least the bow section would look different. In that time it was designed, curved bows were quite standard on tornado, dart, hobie etc. and you can also not blame a producer to keep his line. look at the hobie tiger in comparison to the nacras. nacra meanwhile builded 4(?) F18 designs while hobie just stick with their initial one and still be able to pull it off in the worlds.

when th A-Flyer came up, I remember a lot of people saying how ugly it looks, that the boat is upside down, etc... I simply loved the look! So really hope nobody wants to punch me in the eyes just because my eyes don't like to see too many eliptical bows nowadays any more... ;-) I am just trying to see two less in 2007!

And Florida? Well, I really try to avoid too beautiful places in fear I don't would like to leave ... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />