Mike,
Yes I am disgruntle not at what happened at the Worlds as they were great success. It was that a number of people could not go past there selfish needs and agendas, to see how this benefited all class of cats and I am mostly disgruntle that we have lost a small number of people, who I believe are the only ones with the capability and vision to make it work. In regards to your little club I congratulate you, as it's working when compared to other clubs but there is not much to compare to these days, and yes it suits your needs but I don't think you can truly believe that this can be classed as a success for Australian sailing. 20 years ago the some club had well over 40 cats racing, there was 20+ Hobie 16 alone! plus just 10km away, you could race Sunday with a further 20 or so 16's and there were 3 or more clubs with fleets over the numbers you are talking about. I only used Sydney as an example, I think many are experiencing what we are in Sydney, “yes” the some as Melboune there are areas of small success. I believe we need to have a studious look at how Europe is working there producing the best sailors and the largest fleets. I did not post this as a bitch, we have a problem and if we don't why was this forum even started, the question was asked why was not the Tornado nor any cat not recognize by a US sailing Federation to be considered for the Olympics??? Maybe we're not as healthy as you think
Mark