Thom

I agree with you. With complex boats I completly agree with you. However, my wife's Wave has been a aouther story. Of the 25 or so people we took out this summer: one bought a new boat, one is looking for a good used one and one will buy one when her little monohull sells.

These are incredible numbers. I am beginning to suspect that that novices need a novice boat. Something that does not scare them or hurt them and is quick and easy to rig so that it is easy to get what they need, time on the water.

Don't get me wrong, all the qualities that make this a great boat for novices, make racing it about as exciting as watching paint dry(until the wind gets to 18-20 kts). But, there is a place for simple, easy to rig, novice level boats to get people hooked on sailing and as second boat so we can have fun at the beach, the way we used to, without messing up our race boat.