Being a recent college grad ('99) from a school with a small saling program, I can honestly say that is one of the best ideas i've heard.
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<br>Introducing cats at that stage will have a tremendous impact on the growth of our sport. There just is no comparison to a 420 vs. a modern cat (or even a not so modern cat). I sailed 420's for a couple years in school, and they are such pigs to sail. Plus, collegiate sailors are used to travelling for regattas and making a significant time commitment to sailing. If you could get one of the manufacturers to sponser an event on each coast, I truly think collegiate sailors will be thinking about sailing cats when they graduate. Performance and Hobie take note!!!
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<br>Now, I'm kinda curious to the number of clubs around that have year round storage for cats. It would be nice to create a listing of these so that people will be aware of them and could make referels to folks who were thinking about starting sailing but were sitting on the fence due to this issue. What do ya all think?
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<br>Todd Berget
<br>Tornado USA655<br><br>