Your version of history is so perverted and full of errors, Mark - I don't even know where to start.

Tigers were brought into the US in 1999. I'm not sure about your Rob Jerry story, but I'll ask him the next time I see him. The first OD racing took place in Division 16 in 2000.

Nigel was elected NAHCA Chairman in 2000 - immediately following my tenure. He lost the election the following year (2001) to Rich McVeigh.

By 2002, 75 had been brought to the US (Hobie Tiger ISAF annual Report). That's when the Tiger became an ISAF International Class. That year, there were 26 at the North Americans (the Mega in Ft. Walton Beach).

The "Hobie Edict" was announced in early 2004 and went into effect in 2005. Not "two or three years after Rob started sailing his Tiger". Five years.

ISAF International Class status does not depend on National Championships. I suggest you read ISAF Regulation 26.

The Hobie 18 would never have been an F-18 because it has curved crossbars.

The 2005 Tiger Worlds in CA was a big success. Unfortunately, it's success was a contributing factor to the cancellation of the August 2006 Tiger North Americans. As was the scheduling of the 2006 Tiger Worlds in Spain a couple of weeks before the US event. People were burned out by cross-country and transatlantic travel. Peoples' boats were still in containers - on ships in the middle of the ocean.

BTW, I was there at the St. Francis YC for the 2006 Hobie 17 North Americans (run simultaneously with the cancelled Tigers). There was none of the "fubar" referenced in this and your other diatribes against that event. Disappointment, yes. Changes were made at the last minute to ensure the event was solvent - that happens at almost every major event once you have a handle on real attendance numbers. You can speculate all you want. I was there. I dealt with the people from SFYC. You weren't and didn't.



I feel much better now.