Hi All,
I am of the same view as Darryn and David. I personally have no desire to sail Mk1 and won't travel for a 1 to 2 day event, which potentially could be wiped out if the weather isn't good.
I know I am not the only one in SA who shares this view with other sloop rigged boats also not keen on this format. I don't think I could get a crew to travel for only a 2 day event anyway!
The other aspect of this is that if you loose 4 or 5 (or more) sloops that would normally compete in the longer format, will this devalue the competition, and be counter intuitive to what you are trying to achieve?
Over the years there has been varying levels of numbers in each fleet. When I first started sailing in mossies the sloops were the dominant fleet. Are we just in a cycle where Cats are the dominant fleet?
We are starting to see a slight change in numbers in SA with more sloops sailing regularly. My view is that we should be trying grow the sloop numbers rather than change the format.
Anyway, that is my 2 bobs worth. Has been an interesting thread to follow!