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Reply to: Renewed interest in catamarans?

[quote=MN3]there was a fair amount of renewed interest and sales in non power boat activities when gas was over $4.00/gal but i can't say there was a noticeable increase in cats on the water around here.. there continues to be a lot of problems getting people interested and participating in fleet activities and races. one of the big problems is the continual loss of beaches to launch. in fl, hard to believe but there is basically no places to launch from on the west (gulf) coast south of Tampa/st Pete (there may be a few private area, or small areas, but nothing big enough to organize an event/fleet). Hobie sells a lot more kayaks than sailboats... If it weren't for a reduction in R&D, i wouldn't care to much but the truth is, the lack of interest and $$$ in the sport means less innovation for new products. the material costs have sky rocketed.. and the labor too.. it is hard to be profitable for under $20,000 and that is to expensive for a recreational toy. I have been talking/watching the progress of Hans's new f16 G-Cat (carbon cloth, wing mast) and getting images and updates from him... looks like it will be hard to get into production unless it ends up being competitive (without boards) in the f16 class....[/quote]

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