Wayne, and all, The English/European type deck I'm building is so light one person move it in a van, can put it together by yourself and the total cost is well under $200. Last late Summer I built a small version to see if the construction methods I had in mind will work. Right now I have everything here to start the construction. I'm just waiting for 60 degree days and light winds. The only new too lI had to build was a 6'plus "bow" to cut the foam blanks.
Again let me say that in my opinion the English have a better Carrier system. 40's in profile, no hanging or "trick" features like sliders, and a much smaller deck. 5'x28" with only four arresting lines versus our 8'x44' monster. Scoring is much like ours, but line lengths are unusual in that they list 60' or SHORTER lengths. They only have two classes of Carrier. What do we have now? 13,14 of ? Their Nats had 20 or more entries in the two classes. We had, what? 8 or 9. Makes one think.
Joe