We're going way back here, but it seems like there was a consensus (or maybe just my perception) that most people would shy away from spending $3K in a boat for a 7 to 13 year old to knock around on.
But isn't that $3,000 for a boat based upon the kind of boat Wouter is proposing? NOT for a much simpler boat that kids CAN knock about on?
If it's not significantly faster than a Wave what purpose does it fill? Other than being easier to move around and rig?
So here we go again, round and round, about the purpose of a Formula 12 class.
I said I think there is room for a Formula 12 class, but that is for the people who want their kids to start on catamarans.
I PERSONALLY don't think there is a need for it, because, as I have said many times before, I think all kids should be started out in monohull dinghies. (Unfortunately, that does not seem to be a popular viewpoint among catamaran sailors.)
Wouter's boat is already almost 13 feet long. If it is as fast as he thinks it will be, why not make it part of the Formula 14 class, which already seems to exist.
