Eric Sponberg: Globetrotter 45

Hello...
I live in a very small world of my own - but it turns out that you and this design won some accolades in a Cruising World design contest - which in my humble opinion is a very damned good thing...
I imagine that we did not get on at first - and if that still pervades - so be it - aside from our differances - this is a damned nice boat and design...
The only Canadian builders that I know of that could pull this off are Kanter Yachts of St. Thomas Ontario - see http://www.kanteryachts.com/kanter.html - or Dearden Marine - see http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://deardenmarine.com/dearden-images/dearden1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://deardenmarine.com/Portfolio-Dearden-custom-aluminum-boats.htm&usg=__pXhKlE2B_95fGTJWQ3HVXAYvg3M=&h=284&w=470&sz=35&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=W_m7CCAf_qU_SM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddearden%2Bmarine%26as_st%3Dy%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG - both of which you probably have a relationship with...
My favourite bit is the motor yacht like transom sunk into the 'sugar scoop' of the aft hull - I like it...
Any way - KUDOS...
YUP...