Not sure what point you're trying to make here. In every demographic, there will be people attracted to the dynamics of sailing, and some people that just want to push a button and go. There is an inherent complexity in sailing that you cannot make disappear. New boats have advance rigs and electric winches that lower the workload, but at the end of the day you have to (and want to) sail.I disagree. When a 40 something from S Cal can stand back and look at one of the new sailboats in the slip, picture a couple of girls in bikinis catching rays on the foredeck, and not be confused by what all those rope thingies and pole doohickies do, then they will consider buying the new sailboats.
-Will (Dragonfly)