Just to clarify the Dragoon is the junior cat not the youth cat as the hobie 16 is the youth cat. Still they may be organizing the youth event with Dragoons. I imagine they will be using the Dragoon for the Junior Olympics as well. Seems we get our butts kick each time at the International Youth regatta/Olympics because they are using hobie 16's and our youth are not train on them, so they get their butts kicks. I would think using the hobie 16's for the youth event would be a better idea, and prepare our kids for international events.