Hello

My point was also meant to be positive. Every Yacht Club, Catamaran club and Hobie Cat Club (that I know) are all looking for support, members and participation at their events.

My point is that from what I have seen the overwhelming majority of Clubs (Hobie, Cataraman and Yacht) welcome fleets (A boats, F18H's and Hobie one designs) and cat sailors with one-off or rare cats to the majority of their events (given their resources)

I suspect that most of the traditional cat events in your area would also welcome you to their event. (I don't know) My guess is that you probably have more potential events to attend and not enough time and energy to compete in good numbers at most of them.

The A fleet on the Chesapeake participate in events hosted by Hobie, Open and Yacht clubs (And the A class and all of the other catsailors in the area have a full schedule)

The huge upset that was generated in the winter appeared to start in reaction to your growing A boat fleet in the Northwest. My observation was that not much has changed or appears to be changing in the future at clubs which run events and want good turnouts in order to make all of the work rewarding.
(So my comments were really directed to Sam)


Take Care
I am still recovering from the upwind to reach in 30 mph at Bloody Point this week at the C100

Mark