This argument is going to spin in about 6 different directions...

The spinnaker is quickly gaining momentum with the dingy youth crowd (29'er, 420, etc) and some feel that we need a youth catamaran that, when placed beside a 29'er, looks relative and modern and fast. This also has implications into what was happening with the US Sailing bid claiming that we don't have any up and comers who show potential toward a multihull Olympic class....without a youth boat with spinnaker, our highly talented youth sailors are going to continued to be viewed as not-so-modern and not given much credit for their accomplishments toward Olympic aspirations if they aren't sailing a boat that shares some similarity. It's not an insult to the H16.

Art has busted his tail and dedicated countless hours, days, weeks, and months putting together the US Sailing youth program that we have today and he has a lot of clear and strong positives to his credit. I know Art enough to know that his motivations are true and honestly focused on building a strong youth program.