AHPC build over 320 Taipan 4.9's weighting in at 102 (without spi gear) and championship are still being won by 10-15 year old boats. No problems beaching these or sitting on them.
I personaly would not beach a 4.9 but I woudl not put an F18 through it also..... Not healthy for any boat.
Taipans were built at a very high quality compared to other cats (including Blade) with a lot of attention to detail. This comes at a price and thus you will probably find that the profit on each Taipan was no where near as high as other manufactures products. The boat was built in very small numbers and due to a number of factors including very little marketing outside OZ, a small Oz market, the price and comitment to manufacture the boat at such a high quality, I think you will find it will eventually suffer the same fate as the 5.7.
