Pat,
I totally agree with your posts on this thread. It is not about the boat.

Furthermore, I have always said that if you want your kids to get involved in sailing, you get them into a yacht club program in the monohulls -- Optis, 420's, Lasers, etc. A club that has club fleets, so you don't have to buy them a boat unless you go on the racing circuit.

Personally, I am totally incapable of understanding why it makes a difference to you guys whether a kid is sailing on one hull or two. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Sailing comes first. Racing comes second. Ultimate choice of boat should be a distant third.

It is like exposing your child to various aspects of art or dance or music. Just because you prefer to play the guitar doesn't mean your kid has to play guitar -- he might prefer the tuba. You don't buy an instrument for him until you know what he enjoys.

The point is that you should expose your children to sailing -- on various types of boats -- and just hope that they will like to sail, period. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />