[/quote]Stephen said,

"Each to their own, but for me I choose not to 'like it' so I set out to do something about it. I was sick of racing against 2 may be 3 other Ts at local regattas and 7 Ts at National Championships. I therefore moved into a class that will give me the class racing...F-18. Now I can race against 6 to 10 + other F-18s at local weekend regattas with championships seeing 30 to 35 boats with the next Oz titles expected to reach the 50 mark."


Stephen your use of numbers is somewhat selective, you forgot to mention that F18 Nationals this year had only 25 entries. Followed up by the Wildcat "considered by some to be the top mixed cat regatta in OZ" with only 6. It's a tall order to expect 50 F18's at the next Nats. But I will be happy to be proven wrong, we will have to wait and see.

But as far as your list of competitors go, it is as I was saying a matter of perspective, as a Vic. who travels interstate more than most I still struggle to recognise 10 names in each fleet. Which doesn't mean they are not good sailors but the regattas any of us compete at influence who we know, but that doesn't make them better sailors.

Anyway I have enjoyed this argument it's a bad habit of mine. Certainly hope nobody's taking it to seriously.

Regards Gary.