"Do I sound ticked? Probably because I am. I'm pissed that I'm probably going to see the sport that I love die out in the U.S. before I get good at it. There's a lot of people out there who'd love to sail cats, but we're all too busy fighting over brand names and whose boat is better and ratings and one-design classes to teach people to sail. Acting like that, we deserve to lose the sport."



Michael,



As for your "PS" I guess I'm spoiled in that we really don't run into too much of that hear. Probably because Hobie is just about the only game in town. If you're a member of the Bald Eagle Yacht Club, and sail a cat, it's almost always a Hobie Cat, so that really was never even part of the discussion. I realize though, that the waters could be fairly muddy in that regard in other parts of the country. So, in a nutshell, there aren't many arguments about the brand of boat.



As for there being enough people to teach, I can see where an organization could help, but really the organization is made up people, so then however you get that group to go after that goal is probably what is questionable.



Cheers!



Tim J.