Did you actually read any of this thread? I don't remember a Hobie Hater among them. Most of us love Hobie Cats. We just don't like some damn selfish politicoeconomically motivated segregationist policy that messes with the regrowth of the local racing fleets. Hobie had little to do with the resurgence of the Multihull fleets at the local level. That comes from one source, a bunch of hardworking catamaran sailors who may sail ANY brand of Catamaran, give freely of their time and resources to promote the love of the sport. If the so-called Brand X sailors were to exclude the Hobies like HobieCatAmerica are proposing to do to us, then they'd have no place to sail their HobieCats in an organized event.
Hobie needs to reconsider this policy, it was dumb in the first place, and sometimes you have to just admit you made a mistake and move on.
Cary Palmer, Hobie Lover
Hobie Fleet 141