Inferno , i beg the differ with you on using cats in Offshore racing and to tell you the truth i can remember Al's first wooden boat ( cat ) made using west system's Epoxy or one of the many we made at Skater for him , and not to mention all the other boats we made for Fountain , Cig , Platinum , etc , etc , because Cats can handle just about anything or more opposed to a Deep V when doing Triple Digits considering whenever anyone mentions that a Deep V can handle rougher seas ( old wifes tale ) is clearly mistaken . Inferno , just my 2 cents from an old Man ) 62 ) who has been working on boats doing Fiberglass repair for 40 plus years now .