Well, I have solved my personal problem of getting my four grandchildren sailing. I found a Snark for $50 at a flea market. It is interesting how many cat sailors I know who have told me that they first learned to sail on a Snark.

You can flame me all you want about not starting them on a catamaran, but I think it is more important to just get them sailing. And a flea-market Snark is all I can afford --and all they can carry, since it weighs only 50 pounds.