One observation and one question

Observation – Hobie Fleet 295 has been holding regatta’s with an open class for more than 15 years. Over the years I have observed the size of the open class shrinking and composition of the open class changing from a collection of different manufacturers to a collection of orphaned Hobie’s. In 2003 we had 11 boats in the open class of which 6 were Hobies. There were 3 20’s, 1 16 single handed, 1 Hobie 21, 1 Hobie 20 with a spinnaker and 5 non-Hobie boats. In total we had 65 boats at the regatta including the 11 referenced above.

Question – Does the edict allow for the creation of a Hobie Orphan-Class (O-Class) to give those with less popular Hobie boats a chance to race as a bigger fleet?

Mark Gibson
Tiger 1107