I think we have to stay connected to the mono world on some level - maintain club memberships where that is relevant, maintain fleet involvement in USPN etc, but I don't see the evidence that that is going to be influential in any significant way in the sport achieving the stature it deserves or make up for the potential loss of elite competition. The only hope I see is for us to also organize separately outside the ISAF/MNA structure with the aim of driving the growth of the sport at both the grass roots and elite levels, in conjunction with like-minded organizations in other countries (maybe under the auspices of the IMSAF, if anyone can figure out what that is). So I'm not advocating a hard either/or strategy, but a hopefully pragmatic both/and view, with the balance of activism effort from cat sailors swinging heavily towards taking care of our own business.

If Bundy is serious and can get a few other heavyweights to endorse, I'd be right behind it. In the US, NAMSA could be a vehicle, but as far as I can tell it is just a shell at the moment.

I have a "please explain" email in to every member of the US Sailing Board of Directors. I'm willing to wait for some response (have so far heard from the Treasurer), but tentatively my feeling is that I will probably cancel my membership.