You guys that want to kick Hobies out of events may want to look at some numbers. Spring Fever which is located in the "Hot Bed" of open class sailing had 114 Hobies(about70%) out of 159 boats in 2001 if I counted correctly. Last year about half(30) of the boats were Hobie. The success of the Hobie company and the HCA-NA is a good thing for all of cat sailing in the USA and probably everywhere else. Is it better to lose half the boats at a regatta?
Be careful not to cut off your nose to spite your face.