I would love one for myself....but I don't think I would put my grandchildren on it. Kids run into concrete walls and rocks and pilings and docks, and maybe even into people when going to and from the beach. Kids are more interested in "playing" on a boat, capsizing it and righting it, using it for a swim platform to jump off, etc. They don't always pay attention to where they are going and what is in front of them.

If the boat is actually FAST, they are just more in danger of hurting themselves or others and damaging the boat itself.

If they actually sail it, I can just visualize them disappearing rapidly over the horizon, while I don't have a powerboat to catch them and make sure they can get back. How would I explain this to my daughter?

The F12 sounds great -- for the adults and for more experienced youth sailors.

Again, some of us are wondering exactly what the goal is for this new boat, what is the target market? If it is for youth sailors, what age range are we looking at? What ability level? Is a relatively high-performance boat the right boat for teaching young kids who have never sailed before?

The nice thing about the boat is that even if there is only a relatively small window of time where it works for kids, and only a certain category of kids, the adults who build it can continue to play with it forever.

Like I said, I would LOVE to have one myself. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />