Since the NA's was a week long event, why not use it for the rankings? Just like the Area Alter Cup Qualifiers. I am clearly not suggesting anyone in particular, I was just curious since I have heard nothing about it here on this forum. Not being an F18 sailor myself, I probably am out of line for saying any of this but in order for this class to continue to grow, shouldn't some sort of standings be made available to racers paying thier class dues? Otherwise, what's the point of the whole thing? You can only go on for so long on the selling point of "It's a fast growing class". Rank the class members and show them that the NAF18 Class is the right choice for the top competetition. I have been seriously kicking around the idea of going from the N20 class to F18, but I am seeing a "resurgence" in the N20 class. I don't know why this is but it's making me look hard at what is being done to promote the F18 class in North America. I know what you are doing as Chairman is a thankless job and I'm not knocking it. I'm just curious where the class is gong here and how it compares to Europe's organization.

Lee Wicklund