Pete, you demonstrate that you don't understand... the Alter Cup is booked out for the next two years. It isn't "dying." There are people who have been at it, year after year, making it better and better. The qualifying events are in decline, however. Keep focused on the topic of the thread... Area C got canned because people didn't sign up. There will be, beyond a doubt, Area C sailors that want to go to the Finals, though. Without being punitive, how do you make the ladder more attractive? Or, do you just do away with the ladder? That is the sort of re-think that is needed.