I am not sure what your question is asking. I especially do not understand the Hobie Only comment.

Only 4 sailors out of all the teams (roughly 36 sailors) are members of Yacht Clubs - Andy and I are members of both SYC and CYC. Two of the Tiger owners are members of SYC (and finished 1 -2 at the PNW Champs).

You do not have to be a member of a YC to race the F18 events you just pay a bit more at the Seattle Fleet Champs at CYC, there is no additional fee at any of the other events.

We specifically worked with YCs since that is the model I am use to - I can't remember ever sailing a Tornado at a beach event. I would rather pay the YC or NOODs to run the event and set the schedule so we never overlap with Hobie events - F18 and Tiger OD events are mutually exclusive. We have enough races during the season to do either or both, last year we sailed 12 multi-day events.

I do not want to derail this into a YC discussion but I belive in YCs - I grew up at CSYC and BYC in Detroit and the dinghy sailors and dinghy community were a critical component of my sailing and the primary reason that I sailed over 20 national or junior nationals by the time I was 21 - that is why I support 2 YCs and their junior programs. I have never understood the discussion that YCs do not support cats.... Without the amazing support of the CSYC Tornado, Thistle, Lightening and Snipe fleets and Doyle/Boston Sails in 90,91 and 92, we would never had had the great learning experience we did sailing the Tornado.