Mark,

So how many boats were at the IRC "Class" Nationals? I didn't make the top 25. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I thought all the boats you took the time to list were OD classes??? Maybe I should have put one of these <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> at the end of No. 2 Actually, it WAS mean spirited and really can only be construed, in this context, as a direct gouge at cats racing Handicap and that's not where my thoughts were primarily directed. My apologies.

Every boat has its bright spots and drawbacks, let the high points AND the sheer numbers of racers be the attractor. I'm speaking in general terms (I promote the H16 on the local level and race the dead boat on the National level). As far as that dead boat goes it didn't fair too bad in '05 and '06 with (34) boats when the venue was close to the majority of racing population. We'll see how the numbers look in '08. It will be interesting to see to which "class" all these (H20) racers have gravitated to five years from now.

I didn't see any other cat classes on the top 25 list. "and get your class" (= F18, F17, F16, A class, N20, H16, insert YOUR class here) "Convert them" (= mono-hullers)

Wow, I'm glad I was raising kids and not racing prior to and during the Hobie edict times. Must have been ugly. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />