Yikes, I hate it when there are statistics. Facts are sometimes hard to take.
+1 thanks Matt
So there's an effort in the upper plains states to move from the 14 to the 17? Let's make the 14 0% and the 17 16%? Move to a boat that is no longer in production? Only a band-aid.
Other "campfire" talk...buy up all the 20's and get them to the areas (plains/midwest) where they'll be raced? Another move to a boat that's no longer in production.
Unlike some classes in other parts of the world, and being SMOD, the class asociation is not going to get the molds for these boats. Classes need new boats to survive.
and "campfire" talk...these (future) discussions need to be held on the decks of yatch clubs, there's safety in numbers. The "five boats is a class" is a positive move.
sorry for regurgitating the obvious, that QT columbian supreme-o blend has me pumped