Dennis, I felt the same way until I saw a fleet(50+)of Opti's at Lake Eustis while racing the N20. I got a whole new impression of the junior fleet and Opti Fleet. My 8yo has an Opti and a H14, and although he prefers the H14 for the fun factor, the Opti racing is really cool. Tons of kids, and lots of head to head racing in many fleets of different skill levels. There is no other boat offering that kind of racing anywhere in the world. And yes he has sailed my Laser, but he is not ready for that boat or the H14 in any significant wind.
I remember in the 70's when I saw my 1st NACRA, I thought it was the ugliest cat I had ever seen, mostly because all I had ever seen was H14's and H16's. I later owned a 5.2 as my 1st cat...funny how we can be so impressionable by a certain "look"

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