"Kids Today..." hey, I've tried with many a kid but most of my son's 12-13yr. old friends are much more interested in the latest hand held electronic game! I have to drag him, kicking and screaminig, off the couch, to get him out sailing, and we live ON A LAKE, with the H14 mast up, ready to go, 100 feet out the back door! And most of the other kids around the lake only want a Jet Ski, not a sail boat.

At least my 9yr. old daughter likes to sail with me! I don't think I will take her racing though, I think that is what turned my son off. My wife only wants to cruise...and wants me to buy a (spit on the ground when you say this) Cruising Power Boat! I may not return from my next trip to Europe!