>>>Like Eric, I cannot believe that someone has not put together a production two man boat in the 18-20 foot range that weighs less than 300 lbs other than the F-18HT.


Any particular reason why you explicitely exclude 240 lbs 16 foot doublehanders ?

Besides would you classify the Marstrom M20 as a production boat or not ? At 265 lbs, 20 foot length and being a double hander it sure fits your definition.

Come to think of it even 70's Dart 18's doublehanders come in at 309 lbs and therefor end up nearly level with you guys.

And than of course we have the Taipan 5.7 at 300 lbs and is a sloop rigged doublehander with spi at 19 foot length. Talking about taking much higher loads then a uni-rig. Halve of the US 18HT doesn't even beat the 300 lbs limit themselfs.

I'm sure that if I put my mind to it that I can find 1 or 2 other production designs that would equal or beat your specified condition. Ohh I got one already : Stingray 18 footers in Australia. And so on.

Take it from me; You may think you are something special but you guys really didn't set a new benchmark in light weight production.

This is nothing against any class or sailors; I'm just amazed that you simply overlooked these doublehanders while all except the Stingray 18 are well known boats in the US.

Wouter