Here in Texas, Dennis Banks got a new ARC 22 and had his sails made be Landenberger. Dennis specifically asked for a fairly flat chute he could push to weather when needed. What he got looked like a Hooter to me. The fabric has some heavy cross fibers in it that run 90* to each other as well as a Vectran line running up the luff. At first they tried to tramp launch it but there was too much friction due to the cross fibers. Then Landenberger told him it was made to furl. He added a Faknor (not sure if I spelled that right) furling drum and swivel and runs it like a Hooter. It works great. It actually looks like the head sails they were running in the AC. The foot isn't nearly as long as past Hooters I've seen though. It sheets to the Shrouds.
My point here is, even with all the advancements in spinnaker cuts and snuffing systems, the Hooter is still a very competetive alternative, maybe even a little ahead of it's time when it came out.