I'm curious what would have happened if the Hobie Max had been the boat selected as the new ISAF youth boat. Would Hobie Cat U.S. have started building the Max? Would the Hobie Class Association have embraced this new youth boat and started phasing it into the Hobie youth sailing programs? Or would the Class Association have rejected the idea and continued with using Hobie 16's and to heck with ISAF and the Hobie Cat Company.

In fact, did the Hobie Class Association have any input when the factory (I assume Hobie Cat Europe)submitted the Max as a youth boat in the first place?

It looks like the Hobie Cat factory was trying to cover both bases, depending on which way ISAF went in their decision -- Hobie 16 or higher-tech boat.

Were the class and the factory on the same page and in agreement about what would happen regardless of the choice?

Everybody has known for at least a year and a half that Hobie Cat Company had submitted a boat that is very similar to all the other boats submitted (aside from the Hobie 16). And I do not recall seeing any big protests from the Hobie Class against the Hobie Max being submitted.

So I guess what I am asking is, would the reaction of the Hobie community be different if the Hobie Max had been selected instead of the SL16?