"Upstate New York. Some non hobie sailors cannot participate in regattas that they previously supported in the New York Region.
The Shark one design fleet may loose out on some racing since other clubs don't reciprocate and host them any longer
Hobie sailors without one design fleets race in a smaller Hobie open"

Mark: It's been my experience for the last twenty years that the sharks don't travel to beaches anymore. They have a few shark Regattas that they go to, but I haven't seem them away from their home base (Canandaigua Yacht Club) in many years. The boats don't beach-launch well.

We seem to be a one-design state. There are a few Nacras and Mystere's around, but they knew what they were buying at the time; they were always going to be in smaller open classes if they were going to race. The only exception in New York State was the Canandaigua Yacht Club's September Regatta which attracted about seventy boats at the season's end. It's more of a "farewell to Summer" Regatta, then a trophy Regatta. Very well run, and a lot of fun.

Wyatt