With cats out of the olympics, Gashby, Bundock, Booth and others are certainly looking for new avenues. I dont know how much money there is to be made in the F-16 class, but the potential is there!
With Robbie Danial just back from the (now pointless) Olympic trials in San Diego and done with the A-Cat Worlds (for which he did great) he is probably heading home to Dunedin and putting together the first USA Viper F16 (He's the USA dealer). Perhaps you F16 guys could get him to sail a few races with you to raise the visablity of the class. Just get ready to get your butts handed to you! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> It would probably help out his own sales of the Viper as well.
Here's an idea; Talk Bob Curry into trying out the "Fad Boat" in a shootin' match with Robbie and any of the ACat rock stars left in Florida this winter. I'm serious, Bob's a good guy and might like the idea. That would REALLY rally interest in the F16! I hear Bob's selling his F17 and has done the ACat thing. What's left for him other than the dreaded Fad Boat? If you could get Randy Smyth to put down that ACat/Sizzler boat maybe he would sign on for a race or two as well. Stranger things have happened and they can't say no if you don't ask.
Matt, maybe you and Robbie could promote this race as a Blade vs Viper shoot out. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Since it's winter in most of the Northern Hemisphere there's not much going on in cat racing so the world would be watching.
Field of dreams, if you build it they will come...? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
