As a person new to sailing a Cat ( Nacra 5.2) I have been reading all of this and am fairly astounded at some of the attitudes and concepts presented in these answers. Down here at Dixie Sailing Club we are having to work our butts off to get folks to come to regattas, no matter what the boat is, monohull or Cat. With a hobby/sport that seems to need all the entrants that it can get, we work hard to get more to come, not tell folks you can't race because of the type of cat you have, or try to divide it up into so small of fleets there is no real racing to be done.

Here is an open comment to any and all types of cat sailors - if you are ever in Alabama and want to come racing at Dixie Sailing Club, you are welcome, no matter what kind of cat you have. We race every weekend from March thru mid December, and every race is free to visitors. If you are worried about not having good enough competition, every week we have the Catalina 22 Gold Fleet National Champion from last year, and this years #2, and 3 other Gold Fleet national level racers. We cat folks don't care what you sail, just so long as we can give those C22 guys a little work. Know that you are welcome to join us, regardless of what type cat you have. You want any more info, feel free to drop me an e-mail.

Dick