I agree with you Wouter. I show my boat to kids every chance I get and they think the idea of hanging out and screaming along is "the balls". I don't think we need new boats to spread the excitement. I think we just need more visibility. Sailing is a tough spectator sport. We've had threads on that before. There was a commitment back on a previous thread to take a kid sailing once a year to build up the sport. I took that to heart.

I think the new boats are just interesting for us old guys to see what new stuff we "have to have". I'd love to have some of the drawing board boats but can't justify the cost. Someday when I retire I want to do like you did and build one. Someday........... (ZZzzzzzzzzzz)