I have a question for those of you who have sailed a Weta off of the beach, which I did not do during my week at Nor’Banks Sailing (a marvelously operated private outfit located on the sound side of Duck, NC). How does the Weta do bustn out through an onshore break? The most durable boat for that in my opinion has always been the Hobie 16. After all that is what made the ‘Hobie Way of Life’ (sans protected harbor and private membership yacht club) possible for so many 000s. So the answer to my question has both direct and indirect implications for what type of sailors will be attracted to this boat. We know it handles like a dinghy. That will be very attractive to the traditional yacht club set. If the boat also does well getting out through surf, then it has the potential to attract both yacht clubers and the public beach crowd. On the other hand, if you can’t easily get it through a surf break then it may simply become a fast yacht club dinghy with training wheels.