Hi John

Thanks for the update.

The thread is about strategies to grow a class's participation.

So.. Does the Hobie 16 class... the rank an file... care?
Do they focus on attending the qualifier etc etc.
Is it old hat by now... is it the same old same old names which go forward to represent the USA.

Conversely, Would the F18 Class get really fired up about a qualificaton regatta for the pan am games and generate a competitive fleet, and thus growing the fleet.

Is the F18 class splitting along builder fault lines again and so not able to focus on a credible bid in the USA?

Would something like the Pan Am Games be a real shot in the arm for teh class?

Would it draw the Olympic guys into the fray?

Would that in and of itself be a huge plus for the F18 class?


The politics of how such a move would happen are not my focus here!