You know that's a real easy excuse but I think it's bull. Last time he sailed was the eighties and doesn't sail now 30 years later because we are bunch of whiney b!tches on the internet come on man, that's not why he's staying home. As with any competive sport this is the baggage that comes with it. Anytime a group of people are passionate about something there's going to be heated exchanges of opposing ideas and complaining, it just is what it is.

Sailing is a GIGANTIC pain in the a$$ and if we didn't love it there are million things we could be doing and yes riding a couch is probably on the list. Some of us caught it bad but most don't because it's just not worth the hassle.

The eight hundred pound elephant in the room is, there are sailors focused on the competition and sailors where the competition is not all that important and these two groups of sailors have very different goals and trying to satisfy both groups can leave both unsatisfied.

You can see the evidence of this divergence with the A cat fleet and I'll be honest I don't hate what they are doing. So, is this were are heading to satisfy both sets of sailors?