Thank you, Bob, for your kind words. We have certainly learned a lot. We had planned to go to the Charter Cats factory and see the boat during production, but we never got that far. And so far as the company being financially sound, we certainly did not do our homework. In several ways this looked too good to be true, and we should have known to not get involved. Hope this will help others to learn what they should and should not do in doing business with any builder And since we are still shopping, we are anxious for any words of wisdom that anyone can through out there. Thanks, Bruce and Nancy. --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less