Because nearly all of the boats named look ugly or look like something "your parents" would sail. And if they do look more or less okay then they are too heavy and too complex.

Lets face it, is the Bravo easily associated with "speed" or "cool!" when just looking at it ?

The only rotomolded cat that looks good is the Dart 16.

Nearly all of these rotomolded boats are designed to carry 180 kg of crew weight and as such they are under-performant. I think it to be a big mistake the require these boats to carry the whole family. If anything only a parent and kids should be carried for as long as it is required to teach juniour the ropes and build up enough confidence to go out alone. Therefor the boats should be able to float say 130 kg but should really be optimized for much less crew weight say 40 to 65 kg.

The dragoon and m4.3 look alot better, but both are too heavy and too complicated to be comparable to the ease of say a Laser or optimist dinghy. They are full race catamaran, including a spinnaker, but as such are too much for the group of kids, teenagers and women that we are going after.


The F12 should therefor be nothing of the above. It should be an catamaran that is really simple (15 min rig time tops), easy to learn and sail, lightweight and above all performant when sailed by a kid or light parent (alone).

Afterall how many parents step into a optimist together with their kids ? None, there is simply no room, still most kids get into sailing through mono's like these. So drop the "should carry the family" demand


Wouter