Lets be honest,

How price sensitive do we think catamaran buyers really are, is someone going to not buy a boat that is $11,000, but be happy to buy at $8,000.

With regard to the optimist, correct me if i'm wrong but that is aimed at a younger market. The big seller here in Europe for youth sailing is the Laser.

But its a one man boat, so if you divide $11,000 by 2 crew you get $5500 per person. A laser costs $5000. At the kind of level of sailing we are talking about you have to have a new boat.

Gareth