Social??? Have you ever been to a Melges party? There are more women at a Hobie 17 party...
Part of our problem is that our boats are cheap, but not cheap enough. $10,000 plus for a new Hobie 16 (cheapest glass racing boat and the one that started it all) is just too much.
If you want to see women at a Melges 24 regatta, go to the crew weigh-in.
Compared to the cost of campaigning an M-24, almost any beachcat looks cheap. Those guys are running on a completely different race budget.
