People just don't have enough money or time to have their own boat and also buy an SL16 for their 16-year-old and also build or buy a 12-footer for their younger kids.
Reading through this more, I used to "Not have the time or money" either. But I am going to make this happen. Our fleet has several 10 or more youngsters (.5 to 16 year olds that will (Probably) be sail(ors/etts). I know that my 7 year old daughter (Jillian) and maybe even my 15 year(Birthday today) old son (Ben) would very much enjoy working on a project like this. However, my 16 year old daughter would much rather have a TheMightyHobie18 or similar to single hand. As we all know, every person is different. Ben is teriffied of a h16 becaue in his eyes that mast and sail are huge this makes for a very shaky boat (even in light winds). This would be a great boat for these children.
