The HCA / IHCA Hobie 16 Juniors events are an entirely different issue than the ISAF Junior Worlds. We certainly don't want to promote spinnaker sailing in the Junior Hobie 16 events or in any Hobie 16 fleet for that matter. I just don't get it how some people around the World would think that spinnakers would help this class or help promote to juniors. Where would these juniors go after that? The Tiger? What are these? Wealthy kids?

For the ISAF Youth Worlds, John Dinsdale has offered (for us to offer) a spinnaker system for the qualified team to practice with. We had already done this for the past event and have given a kit for the current qualified team. They have had it since last summer. This will then be given to the next team as well.