If you're so concerned about beachcat sailing "going legit" perhaps you should start by participating in a class that didn't become popular by operating outside the establishment during its genesis.
Clearly the effort to legitimize cat sailing as an olympic sport has caused some of community to sacrifice the grassroots adventurist spirit on the altar of establishment approval.
If the price of admission to the Olympics is the firesale of the beachcat renegade character, is it really worth it?
BRAVO Is it really worth it. I think not. Who cares, we've done our own thing forever.
Oh, come on Todd! First you bitch about being tossed out of the Olympics and now you reject the baggage that comes with being in the 5-ring circus? You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
