Mike and Bob,
Division 12 has nothing to offer to any class. The local F-18 class does not even need NENSA. The F-18 class attends most of the top shelf regattas as a standalone class. No paper YC can compete with the American YC, Sail Newport, Hyannis YC and The Buzzard Bay Regatta. The only way a class will survive in the Northeast is to work to get into these Regattas.
Barry