While I am a big fan and proponent of developing a catamaran to catch the attention of kids sailing today and to create a class that they can race. The concept is daunting. Just looking at the boat drawn here, several concerns come to mind. How many impacts are these boats going to be able to take t-boning each other at full speed. Remember, it's kids sailing these boats, it's going to happen. Is the construction used going to be able to handle years of being carelessly dragged up and down beaches, and launch sites? Can a child right the boat unassisted? I spent this past weekend watching a large opti regatta, between the RWB fleets, and the green fleet, there were probably 100 opti's on the water. Some of these kids are good, real good, but are they ready for this boat? Most kids don't graduate from an opti, to a 420 or laser (4.7 or Radial for that matter), until they are 12 or so. The opti provides a safe, reliable introduction to sailing for kids under that age. Putting them on a cat with the performance potential of this boat is scary to say the least. Instead of trying to find a boat to compete with the opti, we need to find a boat to compete with the laser and 420. This may be it, but we are fooling ourselves if we think it's wise to have kids sail and race this boat instead of an opti. Just my 2 cents, flame away.