Answer ME this, will USSA disband when Darline quits? I don't think so. Did you forget that ALL USSA dinghy sailing is done using Portsmouth? USSA will find someone else, maybe not as good.

If USSA decides to switch to Texel then we can follow THEIR lead.

Newbies don't know the diference between PN and Texel. How would that attract anyone?

Switching from PN to Texel could only have a negative effect on multi sailing. It would only isolate us more from the mono sailors we are hoping to attract.

"Help the US come over to this system" I can't think of a better way to alienate a group of sailors than to tell them they are doing it the wrong way but WE know the right way.

We have a hard enough time getting invited to regattas and you want us to tell the PRO to use a different HC system.

Your proposal is antithetical to the concept of working within USSA to grow sailing.

We will not force USSA to do anything. Multihull sailors are a pimple on the butt of USSA and they proved it when they downgraded the Alter Cup and us to a Council.

Using different HC systems or different starting sequences or anything else unusual will only reinforce their image of us as "weird" multihull sailors.