this note comes under the heading of miscellanous thoughts....

In the course of trying to get a few people interested in building these boats Ive now had 7 "moms" say, hey, I'd like one so I could race with my son's/daughter's and the available other cats are too large for me. (ever noticed the large number of mom's on the beach <who can sail quite well> while the kids are out sailing?)

Where we run into a problem is weight wise (this has already been discussed a lot) but one easy thing we seem to have overlooked is what they do with the F-16's which is to add sail area to equal out the weight penalty.

After thinking this thru a bit, I don't see any down side to having a version for adults that has a bit more sail scaled to some weight formula, especially if those adults want to be able to race with their kids....in fact I think its a real plus as far as encouraging kids more.....what kid doesn't want to be able to beat mom or dad on a more or less even basis? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Chances are that they won't cause mom/dad are better sailors, but I bet it will make them try a whole lot harder.

Just my ramblings for this evening

Cheers
RG

PS...this in no way means I want to change the rules as we understand them now....just add a bit of latitude to them to accomodate a broader range of participants based on feed back Ive had...the basic rule for the kids should stand as it is!!!!