If you don't HAVE to compromise, why did you ask to work together with us to come to HavaMega? Isn't getting everyone together the real goal? Or is it really, let's try to force HCA to adopt IWCA rules?
We did NOT ask to come to the Mega. We were ASKED and under the condition it would be IWCA Rules.
I am not asking HCA to do anything. If you want to have good participation from the ONLY Wave Class that is ACTIVE, you would need to change to allow IWCA boats to sail. I have already pointed out the list of differences.
If that can't be done, I doubt you will see many Waves at those regattas.
Now, you can't realistically expect IHCA to go along with 100% of the changes that you are asking for, at least not overnight. Otherwise, you probably would never have needed to start IWCA.
We started the IWCA because no one else was interested, including HCC, NAHCA, and IHCA. We were. And we have developed it on our own, by sailors that sail the boat, by sailors that know what is good for the class and what is not.
As I have pointed out in the past, as have Murphy and many others, we did NOT want to have rules handed down to us by people that knew nothing about the boat. I went through that with the Hobie 18 and now it is a dead class. We do not want to see another dead class.
Especially after the IWCA sailors elected to boycot HavaMega, if you're going to say, change this, change that, but if you don't get it all in right now, we're not coming anyway, I think you know what the expected outcome will be. As I said, there was a lot of momentum at the beginning of the year, but when the rules were changed (by the OA, not the voting members of the HCA), and you CHOSE to stay home, that also sent a message.
We never asked anyone to change anything. We were invited on the basis we could sail by our rules. When notified that we could not, we declined to attend. Simple as that. Yep, it sent a message alright, and it was pretty simple. I really don't understand where you are getting this stuff that we are trying to tell HCA what to do.
All we are saying is, if you want Waves to attend regattas (I don't care who the hosting party is, Hobie, Laser, Sunfish, et al) we need to be invited to sail as we sail in our many events already established.
It is obviously heading for moot point -- we already have a great many regattas and may not have room for more on our schedule.
So you ask, what do we (IWCA) gain? That’s exactly the same question being asked in the HCA. No one is interested in changing the core of what makes the Hobie class what it is, if there won’t be some actual turnout for our efforts.
Nor are we asking to change the core of HCA. So, from what I am gathering by your post, HCA is willing to make a couple small changes and we should jump all over it, totally forgetting who we are and what we have done? I doubt it.
Again, we ask for nothing. If you want us to attend any regatta, just locally amend the rules to allow the IWCA Wave Class.
At the end of the day, we’re going to have to compromise (on BOTH sides) for this to be a successful marriage of HCA and IWCA. I don’t think it’s realistic or fair for either side to be militant to the bitter end over this.
IWCA is not interested in a marriage. We have not even been kissed at this point, leave alone wooed. Who came up with this idea that we wanted to merge, or get married? We are what we are.., fat, dumb and happy.., and thriving.
Sorry if this sounds a little strong, but we have to stop beating around the bush. When two subjects come to the bargaining table, both must have something to offer. At this point IWCA is the only one with any chips.
