I am going to be involved in a CISA clinic this weekend on Hobie 16s at ABYC in Long Beach, CA. Bob Merrick is coming out to be a part if it as well. Some other names that are involved are Pete Melvin, Pease and Jay Glaser from the same club. Eileen will be there to address any of the "from the crew's perspective." This is a really impressive group of catamaran sailors trying to hook children on the double hulled boats.

I agree that this is not the best boat to transition from, but it is the boat available right now.

I would like to see if we could:

1. Get more yacht clubs interested in getting catamarans into their sailing programs.

2. Have boats that are light enough for the kids to haul around. For example the 29er is about 200#.

3. Get a good group rate on the boats to be able to promote them, affordably.

4. Promote interested parties (you and I) into buying the boats for the clubs so there can be an instant fleet available.

I know the the SL16 is the alternate boat for the Youth Sailing. I only know a little about it. I did not know that it was not the boat of choice for the ones that will actually be sailing them. I just read that in this thread. If it was not, then what boat most interested them? The kids I mean.

Later,
Dan