Sorry John, some of our U.S. sarcasm just doesn't translate well. Kind of like telling someone over there to "Get Stuffed!", Over here that means to eat at Pizza Hutt ;^)

This whole topic is about one or two particular guys, who shall remain nameless, who are trying to start some -stuff- because they don't like the F16 class, or I should say, don't like losing to an F16. And Ding is -not- one of them, I like Ding but I think he is speaking for them.

But that's all it is, and it's local to us, so please don't take offense. I am intentionally blowing it out of proportion so we can settle it as soon as possible.

And I really did have a power boat guy tell me all sailors are A-holes who only zig-zag to piss them off. And he was serious, he had no idea why we need to tack.

And while I'm here (I've got to leave soon) let's take it to the next step as Pete has just brought to light what is going to eventually happen, I fear. Let's say you have one guy who continually shows up at every local regatta and goes about protesting evey little thing that he feels is not in the rule book or is but nobody knows about, or relly cares about and generally makes life miserable for some of the others.

And let's say people are turned off by that, and pretty soon they stop coming, as Pete has pointed out, it's going to happen.

And then one day there is a regatta, and the -only one- who shows up is the one guy who loves to protest, well, Happy Racing, you jackass.