That "survey" doesn't tell the whole story and RogerJolly admits it's weakness.

It's succeptible to overstating the position of very strong, regionalized classes, like the MC Scow, Y-Flyer and Butterfly.

It's also a very subjective, one-dimensional measure of a class' strength - how many boats attended the NA's/Nationals in the past three years.

However, it is disappointing to see only one cat class on the list. No classes other than Hobie 16's regularly draw 40+ boats to their NA events.