"Capt" Rob" wrote
: The French built Beneteau simply trounced most
of the American boats we
: looked at. This was all about DESIGN.

No, it's all about how you don't know what you're looking at.

..... From a
quality standpoint the
: Tartan, Sabre, Caliber, Catalina, Pearson, C&C,
Beneteau and other
: makes we examined were really quite close.

Only if you have no clue about how boats are built. I
suggest going to the library and checking out Ian
Nicholson's classic "Surveying Small Craft" then reading it.

Furthermore there is a large price difference between
Beneteaus and Pearsons, much less Tartans, Calibers, and
Sabres, so of course that leaves out the bottom-feeders like
you.

NotPony wrote:
What about Canadian boats?

S-sh! You'll confuse him!

DSK