I took sombody new to the sport in the Miami Key Largo race this year. This guy was heavy into White water kayaking so I thought his mind set was very appropriate to this type of activity .He saw many aspects in a short period of time that catamaran sailing is .Ultimatly his hypothesis was "If you asked me on saturday after the race if I liked it,I probably would say that this sport is not for me",I however caught up with him on sunday afternoon after the smoke cleared and his response was"Yeh know ,I d'ont know if I love this or hate it".I knew then this is a candidate in the making.That truly was an honest response and sums up at least my feelings about sailing competitively also.I realize I was not the best example,to show someone new to the sport maybe he'd go with the likes of Livingston or Roberts ,White the list goes on.There would not be any grey area of "like-dislike" They would be hooked right away.