>>But when you go and look at the guys sailing the A's and T's, they are all sailing imported boats,


Are you saying that the Aussie A sailors are sailing European build boats and not Boyers ?

I used to think that the majority of A's in aus were boyer mark 3 mark 4, some 5's and teh Boyer build Aussie flyers. I can't imagine why Aussie sailors would import : Bims, Schreuders, Mastroms or even German Flyers when the Boyers are at the top of their game anyway. I think Schreuder and Marstrom are only building a handful every year.

with respect to Tornado you are right of course as there is only on e Tornado builder left in the world.

Wouter