Right or wrong, we have chose to make Hobie's and more specifically the H16 as our definite major purpose. I feel like we have been successful, others may disagree with our goal, but it's hard to argue with the results.
Really!... these are the results you are proud of?
Madcatter 2006 vs Madcatter 2009 H16 60 boats down to 50 boats. H17 9 boats down to 0 boats. TheMightyHobie18 2 boats down to 0 boats Tiger 20 boats down to 7 boats.
You are right... I can't argue that you are not getting what you wanted...
What happened to the other sailors?
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Trey, in a nutshell, as a class, we (the HCA) don't care about building large mixed-bag regattas. As Pat and Chris have stated, this is the direction that the Hobie class has chosen as our best path forward. Others may disagree, but we feel that this is the direction we want to go. .
Most people would call a regatta that has three classes (H16, 17 and 18) a mixed bag!
Why do you forget that its an ASSOCIATION OF SEVERAL CLASSES (real classes like Hobie 18's or just on paper class like Hobie Waves) The conflict of interest is enormous!
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And, for those who may have forgotten, we tried it the other way, the results were worse for the Hobie classes (it was just taking longer for fleets and events in weaker areas to completely evoporate)
Right!... now you send poor Wessels out there to put humpty dumpty back together again ....But... Humpty Dumpty looks like a Hobie Only event which failed in the first place!
If it actually happened it would pull boats away from another regatta trying to break even and attract boats and it will certainly piss of the volunteers working at running events already.
Note added. re Pat's last post. Consider what the world would look like if the Class association represented ONE CLASS of boats and just supported one design racing of 5 or more of those single class legal boats in any event in the country.
The yacht clubs aka hobie fleets would then be free to support all their local sailors and make money running races for classes that agree to come. BEFORE the Hobie EDICT... Hobie Fleet 54 ran races for the International Canoes at Gunpowder. (basically a half catamaran) They have also run races for International 14's. Mystere 6.0's, A class and god forbid... Open class
IMO... separate supporting the OD class business from the individuals who form a club and host a regatta.
