Hobie Cat Company is interested in our side of the sport(Racing). There are 215 team registered for the H16 Worlds. They will all sail on factory supplied boats. There are old salts like John Hauser, past Champions like Hobie P Alter(Jr.)with his son and young guns like Fleet 204's own Matt Perkins and Mike Siau going to sail the opens and represent the USA. They continue to support the Class Association by helping with newsletter printings, lots of raffle prizes for regattas and have supplied H16's and Tigers for Alter cups along with US Sailing Youth Championships. I could go on, but maybe you just can't see it sailing another brand of boat. You can't expect to get dealer support when you buy someone else's boat. They have to put their attention where it will bring a return. My feeling for some time is the H16 will stay strong, the Tiger will do well,mainly from the work of the F18 class, and the other Hobie boats will hang around for years even if they are not building new ones.
There are 94 boats for Div 16's Mini-Mega with people still looking for charter boats. Mini-Mega
