A leading indicator may be the participation of kids in the yacht club jnior sailing programs. These programs have been over the years a reliable source of sailing enthusiasm. Last summer we were at a YC over in Buzzards Bay and I was sitting out on the lawn watching the kids come and go, different ages, different different sizes. When waiting to go put on the water many of them would be playing with their "devices: but when it came time to go sailing the devices were stowed quickly. Maybe there is hope.