That’s why you are an Alter cup champion and I’m not. You care about the event.
From my perspective I can’t see myself making the Alter cup a goal of mine because I can’t train for it if I don’t know what the boats are going to be at least four years ahead of time. Now if I had unlimited vacation time I’d probably do the event just for kicks but that’s not the case at this point in my life.
So given limited time and resources should I focus on the Hobie 16 NA’s or the Alter cup? I think almost all of the US Sailing championships run into this problem. If you are a member of a strong OD class I think that is going to be your natural priority. On the other hand if your OD class is not so big or if it’s so small that you usually race Portsmouth the Alter Cup is a nice opportunity to go to a great competitive championship that your class may not have.
I think the Alter cup is a great event and this is just my explanation of why you will probably not see a big buy-in from the larger one design classes.