In this class of boat I have no doubt it was the price that killed it. They counted much on its old worldy unique feel to its profile, where the trailer market sailors are probably looking for different directions. Its a difficult size as 30ft of boat is ordinary softly capable of cruising with some limitations, but has much of the expense of keeping a larger but aptly more capable boat.

I quite like the rig as a cruising rig, its main benefits are as they were with Freedoms for short handed operation. Not sure that this boat in its entirety makes such a great cruiser though. When you consider that within this grouping the boats looked upon with some sensation appear to be trending to very fast craft, some of which are multihulls, I think the logic of it missed its mark. So while some of the philosophy of the design was appealing, it wasnt purposeful enough but to a very small clientele for whom the money asked certainly killed it.

The problem would be well familiar to Rob, and i sense that among other things he's looking for that affordable gang banger of a boat that by its speed just blows the rest of its class size away. Yet I suspect that very few potential buyers would want to be spending more than 20 minutes to effect a launch without a damn good reason, and this has always been a fundamental problem. The gifted Ian Farrier caused somewhat of a sensation with his folding trailer-tri design when all that got going 25 yrs ago, and these are the sorts of instant conveniences many boaties are looking for even today.