has this happened any other time? Has anyone heard of any other similar catastrophic failure on an F18? That one incident gets brought up... what about the N20 that had a problem during last years Tybee? I can't remember the details but it was some sort of failure that led to them having to drop out. Please let me know if there were any other instances of the transoms ripping out.

I am not saying the HT is the perfect boat by any means... I am just curious about with all the advances in boat building it hasn't been applied to most beachcats so at least make them easier to move around on the beach.