Matt,
Entry level is also exactly what we are doing. In the September Issue (in the mail) of the magazine, there is a story (p.20) entitled, "How to Build a Fleet"
Please take a look at it.., this is working.
And this IS entry level.
From young girls to overweight old ladies, from young building contractors to commodores, we got them out and sailing and they are all wanting to buy Waves to join the fleet next year. Unfortunately, we have no idea where the nearest dealer to Put-in-Bay might be -- perhaps near Ann Arbor, MI or there is one in Ontario.
It would be great if we could get some fleet building help from Hobie Cat, but I won't hold my breath.

At any rate we expect our fleet to double next year. The first group of sailors were indeed seasoned cat sailors, but all the new sailors have never sailed a cat before.

We are starting the same project here in Key Largo with six boats for starters (again all cat sailors) but are going to use the same formula to get others into it.

In our series in PIB we got in 55 races and involving over 30 people.

At Sandy Hook the fleet started with a handfull.., mostly the Villa and Kulkoski group. Now they have a strong fleet of Waves. Most of them were novices at best when starting out. That is entry level.

No reason the same could not be done in Div. 2 and then we could have a Southwest Coast Championship.

Back to your original statement that there is not much racing going on in either class, I think you need to retract it. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Rick