Definitely take a look at your MWR program. The sailing at MWR facilities is usually underutilized. I worked at Del Mar Marina on Camp Pendleton for a number of years it was a great program. After you get through the the different classes you can take out any of their boats. The biggest boat we had in our program was an Islander 36. We had a fleet of Coronados, Cat 22's Cat 25's, Cat 27's etc. We did trips to Catalina Island. And it was all fairly priced.

No multihulls though <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I took the base commander out on a windy day on a Catalina 27 and he had a grin from ear to ear. I can't imagine what he would've done if it was a real Cat. Let's just say...if you're a punk kid working on an active duty military base it's good to have the Colonel call you by first name. It can get you out of some real jams <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I always thought it would be a good community service/ outreach for a fleet close to a military base with a sailing branch to their MWR program to do a "Try a Catamaran Day". NTC in San Diego would be perfect.