Hi Mary,
I used to live on Lake Mangonia in West Palm Beach, Florida where most of the beach cat sailing was done especially in the winter. The boat ramp was just a couple of blocks away from my house where all of the action originated. When the H14 and H16 first came out there were two fatilities associated with sailing these beachcats. The prone to pitchpole boats pitchpoled and people sailing without life jackets drownd on two windy occasions.
When these boats first came out, there was no mechanical connection between the mast step and mast base to use while stepping the mast. It took two persons to raise the mast. One person attempted to hold the lower end of the mast near the cup where the mast base fit while the other person pushed the mast up from the back of the trampoline. More than once the mast base got away from the holder and they were hit in the face with the base of the mast as the mast was being raised/fell. There were bloody noses and knocked out teeth etc.
Safe Sailing,
Bill