HI Mimi,
thanks for starting a new thread on the subject.
It would be really neat to get the Waves to the Madcatter.., a great regatta that has been ongoing forever it seems.
But, and yes there is always a but, I know that the upstate NY Hobie folks are staunchly Hobie. Meaning, the IWCA Waves would not be eligible to sail there, similarly to the Mega, because we would comply with the IHCA Rules.

What the Wave Class has done over the years to build local fleets is to move the North American Championships around to different locations, i.e., the NAs have been at Sandy Hook, Put-in-Bay, Duck, Melbourne, Lake Eustis, Pensacola Beach, etc.
And even if a fleet is not going to host the NAs, we have special area championships, i.e., Indy has the Midwest Championships, PIB has the N. Coast Championships, Sandy Hook has the East Coast Champs, Duck has the Atlantic Coast Championship, etc.
This does seem to bring the boats out. This past summer at PIB we held the N. Coast and had 19 boats in attendance, the biggest fleet at the I-LYA Bay Week Regatta.
And Gosh! It would surely be nice if the Upstate NY developed a fleet we could add to our roster of major events.

And, hopefully, we can get you and a bunch of other Wavers to come to PIB this coming August.

The past two years, however, the class has been neglectful in carrying through on the National Series Championships. You can read all about it by going to our website at www.waveclass.org but basically it encourages folks to attend as many of these area championships as possible. The more you attend, the better your chances of winning the National Series Championship.
Got to get that going again this coming year of 2010.

Again, congrats on kickin' butt at the Mega.
Rick