G'day,

For some people the building of the boat is more important than the sailing.  For others, the reality of life on board does not match the expectation.  In Bain's case, he just needs the cash.  As for reports on others, the finished boats I know of arre as follows:

The first one we built is in Maine.   We ended up spending almost as much on it as he did, but he still felt ripped off.  Consequently, he does not talk to us.  2nd hand information is that the boat does everything he wanted (which was a big ask as he wanted to use it as a ferry boat out to boats in the bay, as well as a fast cruiser).
The second one we built was Rare Bird. The owner died, boat is for sale, the video tells all we know about it's sailing ability at this stage.
The third one we built was my Elementarry, sails and handles very well, but needs the last 5% of preparation before it will win any races.  I lent it to someone last week who discovered a way to break a rudder, the replacement (much more elegant, and similar to what is going on Blind Date and Solitarry) will be finished this week.  I have finally learnt how to download and handle photos so there should be some available once it is finished.
The 4th one was another Elementarry, which is for sale as the owner wants a Harry.  As far as I know it sails well and does everything he wanted.
The  others that are actually sailing are:
Bain's, which we are trying to get a report on.
Blind Date which is catching up on all the sailing commitments and is out regularly.  It sails well, but they want to build new rudders over the winter, so are taking it easy so they don't break the ones they have. Jan is on this list, may write something about his experiences so far.    Rudolph, who built it, is going to build a Solitarry for personal use.
Doug's boat which goes back in the water tomorrow, and will be setting off on a trip round Australia this summer.  Doug's comments on how it sails are on this list.
My original Harrigami, with a longer leeward hull is in Cairns, Australia.  The mast is in, but Aaron is settling in to a new life and business so progress is slow.

I think that is everyone, the rest are still under construction.  Anybody I have missed, please let us know.

So, unfortunately, there is still not a lot of feedback available. 

regards,

Rob
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