No doubt!

Underlying a 1000 community sailing centers is the assumption that American's have some demand for this green water access/recreation.

I haven't seen any evidence for this.

In fact, Hobie Company get's more interest in their Kayak, pedal sail canoe/boat ... almost as much interest as the 16 back in the day. So that is where the market demand is going...

Unfortunately, this activity is even farther from racing then cruising sailboats.

It seems to me... the path forward is to make sure US Sailing does an excellent job of supporting racing. Trying to push demand for sailing is like pushing on a string... ineffective and frustrating.

Basically we differ in our view of the way forward.