Hi, My name is Chris Wessels (I don't get the secret name thing yet, is there some reason we're not supposed to know who is who?) Pretty funny thread. My kids all race, 2 youth H16 and an Opti guy. They just like to get out there and bump heads and beat up on the weak. They sail the Hobie, because thats what we have, but they'd sail whatever to get out and go. Funny thing is, they rarely hear about anything else besides the Hobie events. They are good too, my 16 year old son and 15 year old daughter can be good competetion for most A fleeters out there, but yet they almost never hear or get invited to ANY thing other that Hobie stuff. My kids can sail an F-18, Sl-16, Hobie 20, whatever.....but never get asked. SO, my question is: What the hell is this youth multihull association doing to market? When we here, who live somewhere other than Florida or LA, have TONS of great sailors who just sit and wonder why they don't feel the love? Explain that.
Chris, instead of waiting for someone to bring it to you, you have to get involved. I bet you would probably even get some activity by just asking for it too. There are shockingly few people making these things move forward and they can't cover every inch of the entire country.
Secondly, it's not like there is some big alternative organization running races in the US. Chances are that you live an area where the HCA is pretty dominant.
