I see your point and I too am disappointed that the party I had for the race Friday night ended up with no racing. However, I do ask you to consider this: had they raced on Friday, or Saturday, with the winds as they were - would it have kept non-sailors interest? Shoot no. They would have lost interest in the ensuing drift-fest so fast they probably wouldn't have seen ONE of those damn Lincoln commercials. You said it yourself when you said “Show them some action, sailing, not floating”. Also consider how the race committee would have been criticized had the race turned into a crapshoot regardless of the end result. In those conditions the RC is damned if they do damned if they don’t but I’m with them and think they’ve made the best call …keep the fridge stocked, we’ll be racing soon enough!

(Go NEW ZEALAND!).

P.S. – wouldn’t you think there is a point where beating an advertisement into the public’s minds so repeatedly would actually make them think less of your product? Man, I’m starting to hate that car…and ohhh that song.