Dave... my point is... One design works when the sailors with that flavor of boat show up and go race... great fun.

Major props to the US F18 sailors for spending the coin and making the worlds a big success..

One Design is not magic... just cause you say the blah blah regatta will have a OD start does not mean crap.
Your point about the need for phone calls and talking it up... year after year is the truth and it stinks.

My big boat was surprised that the class did not race... we missed out on the secret handshake that would have tipped us off.

The truth about one design is that a great worlds turnout does not mean that you can count on a reasonable regional schedule. I wish it were other.

In context of this thread.... You should only move forward with a new event IF you have a real grip on what a one design fleet wants and they commit to supporting the event... Then you can go get the details worked out.