Interesting that you would ask that question, John, because I have always thought that it was for the best that catamaran sailing just be a great equalizer, where people did not have to reveal their education or talents or income, etc. Like, you can be a janitor or a ditch-digger or an attorney or a doctor and all are on the same level when it comes to sailing.

"Occupation" is a question I have always asked on our forms for application to participants in Rick White's Sailing Seminars, but I do not ever tell anybody else what somebody's occupation is. I figure that is up to the individual if they want to share it with somebody else. (It can be scary and inhibiting if you know there are lawyers on some of the other boats.)

And I also think that it can be intimidating to prospective sailors if they find out that most sailors are doctors/people in the medical field or lawyers or engineers. It is just not relevant.

Well, it may be relevant in a demographic sense (for commercial purposes?), but I just don't think it is relevant on an individual level.

HOWEVER, what I DO think is interesting and relevant is the other hobbies and interests and sports of sailors, other than sailing. I don't care what you do for a living, but I do like to know what the other things are that sailors do for fun -- like tennis, bicycling, motocross, surfing, kayaking, landsailing, skiing, rock-climbing, ice-fishing, etc., etc.

Okay, please do not anybody start saying anything on this thread about their non-sailing hobbies, because I am going to start another thread for that right now.

And I really hope that people stop inputting their work and education-related information, because I think it is counterproductive.