Looks like they are getting close!, £1995 = $3500




I know we all seem to be die hard glass and carbon fans here but this has to be a good thing for the sport.

"The Hobie Catsy is designed to get Youth Sailors (ages 5-12) into catamarans, it has the buoyancy to take 20 stone ( 160 kgs) so it can happily accommodate and adult on the boat with a youngster when they are first starting out + there is plenty of space and buoyancy for as many as 4 kids.

The boat is rotomoulded polyethylene and is very tough; the rudder blades sit as the same depth as the keels so there are no worries about them getting damaged or having to lock them down. The boat is very light and easy to manoeuvre (only 72 kilos) on land as well as on the sea, 2 adults can easily lift it up the beach using the lifting handles. Once the mast is down the catsy can be easily car-topped without having to take it apart. The mast can be raised easily by one person and the whole boat can be rigged in 5 minutes. Once the youngsters are out on the water the boat is an excellent stable platform for learning on the mainsail which has no boom and is high cut will clear the sailors head in a gybe. Because of it's length the catsy tacks very easily. The boat has a simple centre mainsheet with just one rope to be adjusted by the helm and it can be steered either by a short tiller stick or just by moving the bar that connects the rudders."

http://www.hobiecatcentre.co.uk/access2.htm

Gareth