Kirt, you are wrong.
Never have "most of the active Fleet officers" of H-Fleet 97 been "X-boaters".
I didn't become an officer until I bought an H-boat and joined NAHCA.
Yes I still owned an 18sq and an Isotope, and sailed them occasionally.
When you volunteered to be Commodore, you owned a Nacra 5.0, a Nacra 18sq, a J-22, and I don't know what else, but you also owned an H-14 and were a member of NAHCA.

We, the members of H-Fleet 97, were always adamant about complying with NAHCA rules.

It was attending the H-Division 9 regattas which convinced me to get an H-17.
Not because the H-17 is a great boat or even a good boat for me. At 205lbs I am at a severe disadvantage on it.
It is because we used to get 10-15 boats at regattas, which made for great racing. We often have great battles for NOT DFL.
While attendance has dropped off, we still have class racing and we are expecting two new boats next year.
It beats the hell out of being the only A Class or Taipan racing in open fleet against a Trac 16.