Timbo,

Not sure you're looking at apples-apples there. A Boeing 787 is a BIT more complicated than a 20 foot multihull..

But if the tail fin doesn't fit the fuselage, then perhaps someone at quality control should be contacted.

HP, DELL, IBM, and other computer companies do what Boeing is trying. Whomever just bought Saturn is setting up this business plan as well. So there must be something to this strategy, but maybe not "scalable" to the complexities of giant flying thingies...

Why couldn't India, Italy, Hungary, Taiwan, or some other country manufacture components such as beams, hulls, rudders, etc? With the right quality control mechanisms in place I don't see why it wouldn't work, technically. As for cost savings, I think it's possible, too....

So, how do we improve quality control?

And I'd be happy if the price point for racing beachcats is around $1000 per waterline foot or less...