It's been a while since I've signed on, but our sailing Fleet on Lake Erie in Western New York is doing fine. We seem to have a nice social scene; have beach storage and access for less than $400 per year; and have a full range of 35 boats (5 new H Tigers, some 20 year old H-16s).

The biggest problem we have now is trying to decide if we'll continue to call ourselves a Hobie Fleet if we decide to not run an open fleet (three non-Hobie boats) in our annual regatta which attracts around fifty boats. This last action has pitted brother against brother; if the anti-Hobie crowd wins, we'll have to discontinue our annual regatta because at the most we'll only attract fifteen outside boats. What will happen to us then when we stop racing?

Wyatt