There are 2 pages of UK and European "Cat Stuff" in the latest Yachts and Yachting. Jeremy Evans is the author. I pobably shouldn't be copying it, but I will put in the whole section on Hobie, so that people will not say that I was quoting selectivly from it.

"The dear old Tiger seems to have bounced back in catsailors' estimation as the most reliable allround performer in Formula 18. Despite this year's challenges from younger designs like the Capricorn and Infusion, Hobie Cat Europe insisted they had no intention of replacing the oldest F18 still available, which originally appeared in 1995. Hobie have kept the Tiger up to speed by employing a handful of the world's best catsailors to race and develop the boat, with steady updates and innovations over the years.
The most obvious novelty on the 2007 Tiger will be new rudder blades designed by Mitch Booth, which are instantly recognisable with fatter tips, concaves at the trailing edge and a profile that kicks under the transom with broad 'shoulders' for added strength. Steve Beard, who runs Hobie Cat UK based in Poole Harbour, went sailing with Mitch and his new daggers in strong winds off Hyeres. He says it took him about 30 seconds to feel the difference which is more precise and smooth steering, making the Tiger even easier to handle.
Other Tiger updates include the fully battened jib with no roller-furling which is now class legal for F18 from 2007. Full length battens should ensure that the jib lasts longer since it won't flap, with a design that is really not so different from the fully battened jibs that Mitch and his crew Herb Dercksen used to win the F18 worlds in 2000 and 2001. It's curious that Mitch was accused of 'cheating' or at least distorting the rules and his fully battened jibs were formally banned by the F18 association straight after the 2001 event. Six years later, they've done a U-turn and welcomed this 'innovation'.
In other areas, Hobie Cat Europe seem to be edging away from hardcore competitive stuff. The Hobie A-Class cat was shelved and both the all carbon Fox and FX-One have remained one-off 'concept cats'. Hobie's big market is still the beach (or at least the dream of a beach) worldwide, with the 1969 vintage Hobie 16 still the third best-selling sailboat of all time, behind the Sunfish and Laser.
While Hobies are built in the USA, Australia, South Africa and Brazil, the independent French owned Hobie Cat Europe has led the way with high volume recreational cats such as the Hobie 15 and a line of rotomoulded beach cats for all sizes and ages. One of their main competitors has been the Dart 16, newly uprated with twin wires and three sails. By Christmas, we should also see the first of three new rotomoulded Toppers, all designed by Yves Loday. This will be a 16ft cat, currently being refined by Rob White down in Brightlingsea, with twin wires, kite and 'loads of volume' so you can take the whole family for a blast! Two 14ft cats will be launched using the same hull shape in spring 2007. One will be a twin-wire, three-sail cat for junior sailors; the other a single trapeze adult singlehander, also sporting a kite. It seems we're due for a beach cat war between Dart, Hobie and Topper - may the best cat win!"