Tracie,

No, I was not at the meeting last week in Atlanta. We did have our Division meeting yesterday, and we had the pleasure of the attendance of the IHCA president (Paul Ulibarri). Basicly, noncompliance is not an option. What we would need is for HCA (formerly NAHCA) to ask IHCA for the option of X-class. With enough pressure (votes?), that may happen someday, but for now...
Fleets that allow X-class can not use Division books to advertise (IHCA interpretation), or advertise with any reference to Hobie or the registered trademarks. They will not be allowed to take part in the yet to come (soon?) insurance program. Divisions that look the other way as far as the fleets go will be in violation, and one option is to withold the right of registration for any individual at North Americans (formerly Continentals).
This trickles all the way down to fleet fun sails that include X-class. We were told that we can not list these events in the regatta schedule.

Ken