>>I am sorry Wouter but your "order of expense" of "carbon" componants for a cat are "out of order" (I apologise for being pedantic here)

No offense was taken.


>>The most expensive unit costs are in the order of
1 Each hull is more expensive than any of the other listed components
2. The carbon mast is less than each hull
3. each beam is considerably less than one mast


No I was not wrong. I was talking about price DIFFERENCES between items of different materials not the absolutely prices.

Example the price difference between a carbon mast and a alu mast, when I received the quotes, was LESS than the difference between the quote I got on the alu and carbon beams. This despite the fact that in absolute terms the masts were more expensive than the beams.

I hope this clearifies issues.

Wouter