not trying to start anything but
The moment you made the insinuation that someone had copied something of yours you were "trying to start something".
Obviously, I'm taking up for someone who does not frequent this or other boating websites, but goes about his business and produces work that he designs himself with his own inspiration and I doubt he would know you or your work from Adams housecat, and while you may be a legend in your own mind, yesterday was the first time I have heard of you.
You or anyone else that does true design work get inspirations from everything they see, do, and dream. He sees flaws in his own work that myself or any other layman would never see and is never satisfied until he gets it the way he wants it. People in our area come to him to get "original" design work created and then produced. The Baja that you lay claim to is an excellent example. The design for the bow was drawn in 3 different versions, and the customer decided he liked one of the other renderings better so the bow graphics are entirely different today from what was initially pictured.
You may have done something similar, I don't know, and could care less.
What I do know is that from an early age my son exhibited a natural artistic talent and that he started drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil. By age 14 he opened his own sign business, drew logos and lettered vehicles, race cars, go karts, etc. Instead of playing sports he came home from school and made decals and did graphic design for racers every night til bed time. When he graduated from high school he went to college and studied art, while still operating his sign business and after college he operated a full blown design and graphic art business that grew and prospered and he was doing developing and doing wraps when it was in its infancy. He did so well at it that at age 27 he was bought out by a major company. He had a 3 year no compete clause which he honored. When his contractual obligation expired he bought more equipment and started a new company. During his 3 year vacation, when he did work, it all revolved on designing new graphic schemes for boats and race cars.
That you did something similar is commendable and given that my son's work dates back to longer than your business has existed (according to any info I can find about your company), now that you have become a prominent figure in my life, I wonder where you got your inspiration from.
I don't apologize for telling the truth.