Now Mike,
Who exactly is twisting stuff up. The first post was Wave only topic, and I don't own a wave hence the disclaimer. Then F-18 was dragged into your silliness. My agenda then became to point out the absurdity of that post. I could go back and get posts you've made over the past couple of years and pull your same crap if I wanted to waste the time. You shouldn't post on an open forum if you don't want unsolicited comments.
SMOD promotes mediocrity and overpriced gear. If your serious you replace your sails fairly often if your not ,your not a contender anyway and probably don't care.
What exactly was I twisting up? Mark brought the F18s into this, I corrected him about the issue at hand (the tabling of the discussion at the meeting). There was nothing “silly” about that, it’s what happened at the meeting, period.
And, I’ll say it again, BOTH sides of the SMOD argument have merit. Just because YOU don't agree, doesn't make you right and others wrong.
Since you obviously weren't paying attention, I'll again point out that I never said anything about the F18 boat or its sailors, other than, don’t expect that the voting members of the HCA necessarily think the same way you do. Doesn’t make them better than you, or vice-versa.
All of this is just part of the overall point I was trying to make about how to move this forward, since it’s going to require an organizational change. There have been too many examples of poor organizational behavior to this point, we need something to change or this will never move forward (status quo, SMOD will remain).
You don’t have to LIKE it, but that is the reality of the situation.
"SMOD promotes mediocrity and overpriced gear." Needless to say, I disagree. I've owned three new Hobie 16s in the past 12 years, and each has had (incremental) improvements over the last. I don't know about your manufacturer, but HCC listens to its customers by actively engaging in our sport at the highest levels (support of points regattas, area champs and NAs; supplying boats for Worlds, etc.), and uses the feedback to improve its product while staying within the confines of the IHCA class rules. I don't think you can ask more from a manufacturer.
And to correct your last point, if you’re actually serious, you replace the WHOLE BOAT often, which gets you new SMOD sails, no matter what manufacturer you use. When HCC starts selling new boats without a sail, the argument for saving money MIGHT have some weight.
Mike
