Mary: The fleet has effectively been dead for years! On and off, I was a member from about the mid 70s.

Don't remember a beach as wide as you're speaking of, unless it was on Sanibel at the Sundail Resort. We held the regatta there for one year. The crowd was so rowdy, that we weren't invited back and shortly thereafter the City of Sanibel drafted an ordinance prohibiting leaving anything on the beach!

You might say the decline of the "Hobie Way of Life" began right here!

I guess some people just don't have a sense of humor! I mean, whats wrong with a few Hobies in the swimming pool!

The sport died because people just drifted away. If racing is your only reason for sailing, and you can't win a trophy (like me)the sport is not very rewarding.