Hi Mary

I suspect that his club has three members who race at the regatta that they help to put on and they don't have Hobie's. They would not be happy with loosing their race.

From a financial point of view... its a no brainer... from a club and/or philosophical point of view... he has a problem in his club.

Wyatt have you guys thought about running two regattas. One regatta with an open class that is steeply discounted and subsidized by the one Hobie only regatta. You could give a fleet discount to your club members and charge the visiting sailors the premium to cover the costs of running two regattas. (Usually the time and energy to run two events is a lot to ask of a small club though.)

Still puzzled why a sailor would not return to a pleasent well run event that they have been participating in for years.

Good Luck
Mark