You may say that 4 boats is a poor turn out for a national championship but if you look at the number of Taipan 4.9's actively racing in the United States, that's 33% of the fleet which seems pretty good to me. We would of had 5 boats had the skipper of the fifth boat not been injured the week before the event thus preventing him from competing. We didn't get more boats because the travel distance is just too great. The few boats that are in the United States are just too scattered across the country to expect larger turnouts.

The Taipan 4.9 fleet in Florida is growing. A new boat was recently purchased and the owner will be taking delivery next month. There have been rumors that other people are thinking about purchasing a Taipan 4.9.

The US Taipan 4.9 /F16HP fleet is growing slowly and it just requires a little patients.

Jennifer Lindsay
Taipan 4.9 #262