IMO Its not really rubbish Berny because I've been looking for a suitable cat but didn't know what was needed and whats not there for clubs is
Light weight
12ft
Easy to build
Rig to suit particular environment
The boat I saw is not perfect but is a great start. We all want different things out of this project. I will get some boats built as will others so it will get kids on cats off dinghys. If some want to get all serious and succeed in building a F12 class that only accepts certain boats good luck to them, it may be perfect in their part of the globe, but it wouldn't work in my part of Australia because its doing the Hobie exclusion thing which is crap.
I would never have seen the small cat without this forum because the owner lurks on the darkside but recognised my name from the posts. Sorry Berny cant go bowling with ya gotta clean the shed up to build some cats
regards