I think that you have a wonderful opportunity to start a sailing club. We have a great club here, with a clubhouse, storage buildings, and bathrooms. We do not limit our membership to any particular type of sailing craft. We have a strong community of windsurfers, catamarans, and monos (up to 25 feet). About half of the Cat sailors own a mono-hull boat. We sail Cats all day long, cook out, then pile on a Catalina 22 or something and go night sailing. It is nice, because we sail all year round (I am sure it is a bit warmer in West Texas than Idaho; will not find any ice covered lakes here.).



I do believe your lake will be a bit small for catamarans. I have taken my boat camping on a lake about the same size as your lake, and it doesn't take long to get your rounds in.... I am not sure how big our lake is, and after sailing it 2 or 3 times, I am ready to kick back on a mono and party.



Last summer, we started going to some of the Hobie Regattas; it is exciting to sail new waters, and I love hanging out with the Hobie sailors...made several new friends. This is a great answer to small to medium size home lakes.



Our biggest problem is that we are in the 5th year of drought. We cannot put most of mono-hulls in the water. We are going to try to float something tomorrow for a New Year's sail. Looks like it is going to be cold...brrrr.... Wish you guys would send the cold back to Canada....lol



David

H-16