Mike,

Mark was just pointing out the mistakes of the (recent) past of several other organizations. (IMHO)

A little information and history: Mark stated racing Beach Cats in the mid 80's. (I met him then) He has had a Dart18, a Mystere6.0, a Tornado, and currently a A-Cat, no Hobies though. He has worked w/ Darlene for years on portsmouth scoring ... introduced computerized scoring here locally .... regatta Pre-registration ... developed contacts w/ local YC's resulting in Beach Cats (including Hobies) being invited to their regattas. Under the new HCA-NA policy several of these events have the possibility of becoming Hobie O-D starts. We (Div11) are currently working on completing the required documentation to obtain "Sanctioning" for the first event under this new policy. Mark has been working on developing a Youth program at ANNAPOLIS Yacht Club w/ Div 11's help with the intent that the Div11 Youth sailors would be involved. Mark has been a big influence "behind the scenes" here in Div11, you may verify this w/ Rondo, Danny Flannigan, Rich McViegh, Wally and many other ol'time Div11 members.

So while Mark and I go round and round ... and I want to beat him w/ a stick sometimes ... usually he is (2)steps ahead of me in analyzing and coming to a conclusion.

... as they say in Australia ... he's a "mate" of mine ...

So, I think you need to "step back" here a little bit ... I think here, you want to "shoot" the messenger ... you need instead to "listen" to the message.

Sidebar to Bob Merrick, How are you progressing w/ contacting your friend who is the "new" sailing coach at Annapolis YC per Mark's request? We could really use your influence to help "kick" the doors open for this program ... we already have Div11 members who are ready to loan their boats out in support of this program ... Help!!!

This could be a BIG opportunity for us ...

Your Friend
Harry