Please don't misunderstand me. The "not joking" part refers to the number 50, not to any threat or anything. I guess my earlier post is indeed open to multiple intepretations, sorry about that.

For the remainder I agree with Paul Warren. This discussion (and comparison between SL16 and F16) is just plain silly. The real interesting part is whether these new develpments have helped youth sailing or not. I think brandnames and boat types are irrelevant in that.

Wouter