Hey Ron -

thanks for the reminder.

It might be worth the effort to look a bit deeper into signatures and claims. In the SAILING multihull r/c world (this topic/thread) - most who claim to be builders are what I affectionately call "HOBBY BUILDERS" - you know - those guys who do some design and building in basements or garages - and when done, offer the boat to recoup costs for materials and labor to allow a build of a new idea or design.

I have been in the mulltihulls r/c hobby since 1999 - and into r/c monohulls and big boats much, much longer. A review of those who claim to be builders are NOT production builders, and certainly don't make a living off of what they do build and or sell. If I knew of a viable source of buyers for an r/c multihull, I too would consider myself a "builder" - considering I have done about 6 custom r/c monohull builds for friends, I guess I too could be in "your category" of a "builder".

I know of only one US production company, and to my knowledge their total sales of a production trimaran "might" be 8 units. Ummmm - call me silly but this is NOT a production builder selling his products on a high annual volume. The company MicroSAIL is still considered a home builder. While I understand you want to resist the urge for companies (or dealers, manufacturer's reps, etc.) to post free sales adds when the forum could be gaining revenue......... I am suggesting it might be more appropriate to take a look behind the scenes and see exactly how many boats they are building/selling. I AM a builder/assembler of r/c boats - it's just I didn't add that to my signature line. If that's the problem, why not just email those in violation and ask them to remove that from their signature? Deal with the specifics, not in generalities - it makes it a lot easier to determine if you are referring specifically to me - or the "other guy". The fact that someone includes their background as a big boat builder should NOT play a role in how they are viewed commercially. They may be using their outside job experience to explain why they feel qualified to post a response - position - or opinion.


I now return you to the program already in progress and will look forward to moderators dealing with specific posters - not doing a shotgun approach and including everyone. Just a suggestion to make your reminder posts a little more "people friendly".