There is a difference between losing interest and knowing when you're being stonewalled.
As it happens, USS has prepared special reports regarding three tragedies. They may be found here:
http://about.ussailing.org/US_SAILING_Meetings/USS_Reports.htm for those interested in them.
What we see is that USS is an uregulated Federal monopoly and it's shaping up to be a regulatory agency with the Coast Guard as a likely enforcement arm.