I can agree with the Wendy, when I take my friends from school sailing with me, they have absolutely no prior knowledge of sailing in general, let alone cat sailing. After we finish with our trip though, they have clearly had a great time and later beg to come again. I think that more awareness would definetly get more youth my age into cat sailing. Maybe a presentation or something of the sort at a local HS or college as Mark noted would get more people interested.

Personally, I feel that unless you offer something in return to someone who is uninterested in a sport or activity, they will have no interest in the activity whatsoever. Perhaps a free ride on a beachcat one day or a free "learn to sail" lesson or something of that sort will "up the ante" a bit for youth to want to come out and learn to sail.