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Regards, tsenater

Jeff is not the lone wolf you want to made him out to be. While at the NY/NJ Sail Expo maybe you didn''t notice that the Beneteau 423 was named best mid-sized cruiser of the year by Cruising World.

I own a 1999 Beneteau and have been nothing but happy with my boat.

In July of this year, I had the missforture of being run down from behind by a 45 ft. Sea Ray traveling 20 to 30 kts.

My boat lost her port back stay, port srouds, and suffered over 25 fiberglass fractures. The rig stood and she came home on her own iron keel over 20 miles from the site of the collision. A lesser vessel would have sunk.

Now there are Insurance poeple and Lawyers involved and come to find out the Blue Book Value of my boat (high and low) is 1,000 to 5,000 dollar,s less than the price i paid in 1999. If i can sail for a $1,000 a year i am a happy man.

I also have had nothing but good experances with the factory, parts and ect.

I think you can guess what my next boat will be.