Tim,

Reread my P.S.

I volunteered more days than I can count giving lessons at the college club I was at until a few months ago. I used to take the kids at the residential facility I worked at sailing.

My whole line of thought is similar to yours - except that I believe that there are way more people out there interested in sailing than there are people willing/able to teach. That's how the sport will expand - through new blood. But once these people are hooked, and buy their first $500 Prindle 16, where do they go to get into the "sport" aspect? And couldn't we get more people hooked in the first place, if we had an orginazition that stepped up and said "our goal is to teach as many people as possible how to sail cats. And of course, they'll eventually buy Hobies, to sail one-design with us." That was my point.

michael