Hello Kevin and Keith



I think we are speaking to two different issues.



My focus here is on weekend regattas to which that vast majority of sailors will trailer to, raise the mast and go racing. The boat will most likely stay on the trailer between regattas. I think these sailors are the majority of racers at the weekend events. These are the one design racing events that Burnham is speaking about. Is there a solution for increasing the participation at these weekend regattas?



Clubs with mast up storage rarely see their members drop the stick and go off racing for the weekend. (EG. WRCRA, in MD, Sandy Hook NJ. , Podickery Point. and others). They get their fill of racing with the club series. Money, and location are issues as to why people don't join these organizations. If beach access were cheap and readily available, clubs like yours would flourish and solve the problem. My club is not cheap and racers are for the most part not willing to join.



Back to my original issues... Can we come up with solutions that promote racing using the weekend regatta structure that Hobie one design classes built but are now loosing their appeal.



Take care

Mark