Mark:

Matt really described what most of us see here. Many of us were determined to retain the open classes, until we looked at the real numbers of participation in our Division. Fleet 204 out of Syracuse seems to be the biggest Regatta traveling Fleet and they are all Hobies. It takes just as much work to run a fifty boat regatta as it does a twenty boat regatta, so we decided to go with the numbers.

I don't want to get into this Hobie vs non-Hobie stuff again. I agree with Mary that it would be a shame to lose any participation for any orphan Hobie, but we weren't sure if there was anything we could do about it.
I think Rochester analyzed it the same way.

We want to be happy again...We want to sail and meet afterwards for a beer...

Wyatt