Mike,
Not to be argumentative, but you used to own an H20 and now own a Tiger. Why did you switch? If it was because the class was dying out where you were sailing, how much larger is the Tiger class? In my area it is smaller than our extremely small H20 class. Was it for the spinnaker? Was it to get on an up and coming boat? SteveT says that is why and where he is going in 2006.

Your switching boats and Steve's anticipated switch seem to make my point that, even though the H20 is a wonderful boat and basically the only 20 footer racing without a spinnaker, those facts may not be enough to attract new skippers or even retain current skippers. I could just try to sell the H20 and go out and buy a Tiger, but I would like to stay with the 20 and would like to see the class flourish. Since I don't see any 2 person race boats being developed without spinnakers, that leads me to highly suspect a spinnaker may be needed to keep the boat current. If Hobie had a another 20 foot spin boat (like the I20) I would not see any reason for them to consider a change, in fact I would expect them to phase the Miracle 20 out. Since the above is not the case, I think there is a good argument to be made to consider updating the Hobie 20.

Since Matt says emphatically there are no changes going to be made to the H20, I would ask him what he sees in the future for a top-of-the-line 20 foot racing cat from Hobie. Is the Tiger going to be the top line boat? Is the Miracle going to be the top line boat? (It could; it more than matches the Tiger upwind and with a spin would outrun it downwind.)

David
H20