Now that most all of the big cats have spinnakers, our biggest cat regatta has decided to run only windward / leeward courses...
That happened here quite a while ago, for all Hobie classes. It started at the continental level, but I honestly can't remember the last regatta (at any level) that I attended where there was a reaching leg used.
Our club racing is interesting in that regard. We usually do 2-3 races on Sundays: The first race is windward/leeward, subsequent races are a mix of triangles on odd laps and windward/leeward on even laps.
That's a nice mix IMHO. I like reaching, it is fun...
However it makes for some interesting moments when you haven't read the sailing instruction at all. Especially since other boats on the water don't sail the same course at all <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. Lasers do a smaller triangle, the fast asymmetrics do windward/leeward only and the others do triangle/sausage. I've messed up a couple of times before reading the SI and figuring out [censored] was going on.
