Most private Yacht Clubs do not have beaches, just a boat ramp or a lift for launching boats. But the kids can cary an Opti (or Laser) down the dock and toss it in the water. And they stack up nicely when you are done. And there is a national training pipeline established to take a kid from age 8-18. No such pipeline exists in the cat world. So before we go off building more cats nobody wants, why don't we work on the youth training pipeline and more beach access?
Is it just me or did you just answer your own question about why we need a new cat design ?
"But the kids can cary an Opti (or Laser) down the dock and toss it in the water ... No such pipeline exists in the cat world."
Now you work on getting more beach access over the property of millionairs and their lawyers while I work on getting a cat design that can be used on existing launch sites still open to (young) sailors.
Lets see who will be succesful first shall we ?
You guys want to fly before you have provided yourself with the tools you'll need to take to the air.
Wouter
