I really like the Nacra 500 (always liked its predecessor too, nacra 5.0). With the new rig that Peter Vink made for it, it is a fun little boat and in my opinion the superior cat to the current youth cat (Sirena SL16).

I've said for many years that nacra should promote this boat hard and also campaign it as THE youth boat. Like Gil says, it is probably the best introduction to catamaran sailing.

Yet, all this still doesn't mean I'm ready to swith my F16 for it !

Wouter