First of all I don’t manage the class. I am the FORMER chairman. Basically I’m just loud and opinionated, something we both have in common.
Yes our new yacht club policy is late. It may even be inadequate. But it was passed by the HCA Board and only by a hair so I’d say we pushed it just far enough.
Many leaders in the HCA have been pushing the YC thing for a long time (and Barry is right about the North East by the way) but as Mike point out it’s a tough sell in many areas. Some areas are embracing the YC scene and it’s working out great. Talking to Rob (it’s Rob’s proposal we’re talking about) a few nights ago he pointed out that they don’t have much of a YC scene in his area to tap into. This makes his proposal all the more important to Div 16.
BTW: Div 11 (your area) has plenty of YC regattas but they are One-Design events.
So basically I think a balance of things would be good for the class right now.
