I'm in the same boat (pun intended). Aaron does carry the Offshore Warrior, and it's probably the best price you're going to get with free shipping:
http://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-Jo...t-p-46903.html
If you do plan on buying this boat from him, hold off though as there's the Warrior 2, which is guaranteed self-righting and has some improvements. I'll contact him to see if he can get the updated SKU.
Oh, and on the limited response: Many here prefer to support US vendors and frown on sending money to China, which I have nothing against and admire, but for those that are getting into the hobby, the US market models lack some very important features that Joysway have, such as self-righting. I don't think people realize how important this is to a beginner or casual boater. If the Aquacraft models had this I probably would have bought one. It's much easier to take a nice hull design and rip the guts out and put quality components than it is to redesign a poor hull design loaded with quality components or try and glass in a flood chamber.
Of the US models that are self-righting, many use hatch tape to keep water out\secure the hatch. I'm all for using hatch tape as an additional measure to water proof a setup.......I'm against it as a dependent means. It's a PITA to seal\remove tape when you're doing multiple runs.
I have had more luck in convincing Chineese vendors to improve their product than I have US vendors, which are a little too prideful to listen to their customers, or maybe it's a cost issue to change a design.
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