#3 should really concern us all. Apparently the C of C selection committee thinks that sailboards and keelboats are like Flying Scots, but multihulls are not. I hope that mentality won't exclude catamaran and trimaran sailors from next year's event which will be sailed on Y-Flyers.

Hopefully this is not really true. I had the opportunity to sail in the C of C last year as the Hobie 17 NA champ. It was a wonderful experience and I felt very welcome among the dinghy/monohull sailors. I am not privy to the selection criteria but I would think that it is not very important to select sailors who sail a similar boat. I would assume that the main criteria has to do with the sailing resume and the strength of the class that you are champion of and how that compares with the other petitions.

As for articles on prior events, Rick, I was the co-chairman of the Hobie 14/17 NA's and I wasn't aware that you were asking for an article for that event. For Hobie events, the first priority is for the HCA newsletter and that was put toghether immediately following the event for both the H14/H17 event and the H20/TheMightyHobie18's. We'll try to get more to you in the future.