My references to NASCAR pertain to their "MODEL". Regardless whether or not you enjoy it, Is there someone out there that will argue that they don't know what they're doing. 36 races, hundreds of thousands of people going to the races every weekend. I think there's something to learn from what they have done.

Interesting, I'm not sure where this got twisted. I don't think anyone said lets forgo the crews and tout the platform. I can't seem to think of any race I've been in where my boat type wasn't listed in a race result.

As far as the fear of manufactures and they're press releases. I have never looked at the front of the local sports page and seen that, TV included. Who has? I can tell you that if it did happen we would all be a twitter about how nice it was to get our sport on the front page. Who is responsible for the press releases. I'm thinking it's the class. The source of my info is this site.

A sailing buddy of mine recently said something to fact that his boat was a race winner and therefore should fetch a better price. My comment to him was I thought "he" sailed the boat. I think we are a lot smarter than to think that by simply switching brands a crew is going from the back to the front.

Even our Government has a freedom of info act, but not the F-18 class.

Les,
I think the key word in the rule is "specific" Based on the definition below I don't see how
the rule is broken by listing the position - crew - boat - sail maker -

Main Entry: 1spe·cif·ic
Pronunciation: spi-'si-fik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin specificus, from Latin species
1 a : constituting or falling into a specifiable category b : sharing or being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category

Anyway a good topic.