Here's an idea, we put on "Catamaran Demo Ride Regattas" at local clubs when they are running their Opti/youth camps. The "Problem" would be, being invited of course. As Karl points out, lots of those managers have no cat experience and either see it as a threat to their own little empire or a "waste of time" when their goal is to put more kids into 470's, Lasers and keelboats.

Every kid I've ever taken out on my cat has LOVED it, just as I did the first time I got out on the wire of a Hobie 20 hauling butt on a reach. I never thought 8 knots was "fast" again after that. (Thank You Craig Hackett!)

The kids are there, at the clubs, the problem is going to be getting the adults who run the clubs to let us show them what "Fun" sailing really is. Most of the adults who have only sailed mono's are affraid of cats, so trying to get them to learn to sail one properly, then teach the kids, isn't going to happen. When the Wave first came out I had high hopes that Hobie would get it into some of the larger yacht club Youth Programs, to replace the Opti.

Maybe Matt can elaoborate on why that never happened, but I'm guessing it's because the Adults running those clubs didn't want anything to do with cats.