I think that the largest potential target group are not people that are sailing already but people in their mid 20's that are the rock climbers, the mountain bikers, the motorcross bikers, kayakers, even the jetskiiers. These people have money but haven't heard the first thing about sailing. This year, I've encouraged one kayaker and a skateboarder / mountainbiker into seriously looking into getting a cat just from a few good trips crewing. NONE of these people knew the first thing about sailing and barely new catamarans existed - including myself about two years ago.
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<br>I was invited to a monohull regatta the spring of 2000 and caught the sailing bug. I quickly began to recall that Hobie 16 my dad had in the late 70's and started looking deeper into catamarans. Two months later, I had a dirty Nacra 5.2 sitting in my driveway and I refound a whole new world of which I am literally obsessed. I firmly believe that getting recognition of our sport to these kind of people will bring in a substantial amount of new blood and enthusiasm into the sport.<br><br>[color:blue][b]Jake
<br>[color:blue][b]Nacra 5.2 (2112)
<br>[color:blue][b]Hobie 18 (???)