Chinewalker, this is a really beautiful boat! I love the lines. Seems as if we had to arrange some common team competitions of european and US outboard racers in the near future. ;-))

The situation with the availability of Graupner outboard motors is nearly the same in Germany: once they're deliverable you have to be quick. But in fact I don't like the plastic Graupners (I have the 480, 500 and 650 GTX). They're not strong enough for BL motors if you don't modify them (teflon liner, bearings). We've now started to use metal lower legs from K&B, OSE and Hyperperformance. Funny that we use american products and you use German products. :-)