As many of you know the H16 is currently the International youth cat - ages 17 - 21 (some are trying to mess with this classification though), but I was thinking what if you we developed the Turbo H14 as the junior cat - ages 12 - 16. We have a Turbo H14 that the juniors use on our beach and the kids have a lot of fun with it weather as a solo cat (one up) or as a turbo team racing cat. I am kind of looking at the various cats available for juniors, as it won't be to long before my kids are racing cats. My problem is, as I am sure some of you have experienced is “price,” the Hobie Dragon is quite expensive and has a spinnaker which may be a good or bad thing - I have found that most kids just want to get out and sail, and not have to worry about an extra sail like the spinnaker during their junior years. I have found when they get to the age of 16 or 17 is when they really want some more thrills and that is when the H16 comes in. Other junior cats I have considered is the Wave which is nice but really does not have the speed (except in very strong winds) or thrill factor to keep kids hooked, there are a few other cats available but once again they are expensive and really not a good preparatory boat for the H16. I am really thinking sense the H14 is available on 5 continents, is very affordable to maintain, are available used everywhere and new also (even though they do not build them in the USA anymore we can get them shipped from Europe or Brazil), for a very affordable price the H14 may just be the ticket for junior cat racing. What do you all think? I really need to start thinking about this now as my kids are fast approaching the catamaran ready stage.<br><br>