> >It is true that he has a lifetime of voyaging, but he makes his >living selling his designs, boats and books. I _seriously_ doubt he is paying for the boat he is building by selling books!!! He is obviously a man who has an independent source of wealth. >One wonders how much of this design is based on how to >differentiate your boat offering from everyone else's. There are many, George Buhler comes immediately to mind, who believe that long and skinny is the obvious way to go -- that most production boats are designed for efficiency in the slip and not in the water. Best, Steve --------------------------------------------- Steve Dubnoff 1966 Willard Pilothouse www.mvnereid.com sdubnoff@circlesys.com