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Let's face it US Sailing has failed miserably and the sport is now in dire straits in part because of that failure.

Are you talking about all aspects of the sport or just multihulls?
It appears to me that there are more youth sailors actively racing now in the United States and around the world than ever before in the past. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And US Sailing obviously had a role in making that happen.