Hi Bill,
Let me tell you where we multihull sailors have come from. I went to Yachting Magazines last OOAK regatta in 1980. It was held at the Southern YC out from New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain. We were told this is the oldest YC in the US.
We drove to this fine facility a couple of days early to accomodate sail measurement etc. Upon arrival we asked where to go; where to put our boats, etc? Nobody knew. After standing around the YC for a couple of hours, we were finally told to go down the road a couple of miles to a park on the lake. That was where the multihulls were to set up. We drove down the road and could not find the park. We came upon a state trooper and asked, "where was the park"? The trooper responded, "follow me". As it turned out, we had passed the park. The trooper stopped in front of a field about three feet deep in johnson grass and briars. We parked on the side of the road in the weeds. The weeds and brush were so tall you couldn't see the lake from the road. We picked our way through the weeds, getting scratched up along the way, and finally came to the shore of the lake. There was a short piece of beach there for maybe 10 boats. The beach was cluttered with cans and bottles and rags and drift wood and boards with nails etc. We cleared the beach and made it useable. We carried our boats from the trailers at the road to the beach one hull at a time over our heads. Pretty soon we had a path beaten down. After being there a few hours we began to notice that there was no bathroom and no drinking water. Someone went back down to the YC and pointed this out and a couple of days later, two portable toilets showed up. They were never emptied and by the third day they were totally unuseable, overflowing, gross, repulsive. For any multihull group gatherings in the evening, it was "go to town and do your own thing".
The monohull people were welcomed with open arms at the Southern YC. They had use of the total club facilities which included dining room and snack bar, steam room and hot showers with marble floors etc. The Southern YC is a beautiful facility.
The sailing was OK. The first day was drifting. The second day was 10 knots and the third day was 20knots. The Pacific Multihull Association handicapped the boats. The SC20TR won every heat boat for boat. The standard SC20 sailed by Henery Bosset won the regatta on corrected time and the SC20TR finished second. The California rock stars sailing Hobies, Prindles and Nacras all went home with long faces grumbling about that "computer designed" Supercat.
So Bill, it is nice to see that times have changed and multihulls are welcome at some YCs. We've come a long way, baby.
Good Luck and Good Sailing,
Bill