Mr. Ernie,

I too will be at Bare What You Dare this weekend and am looking forward to the conversation. For the benefit of the discussion here on this forum, here is my perspective; I believe that having larger open fleets combined with some cross scoring may help increase participation and enjoyment by those that are happy racing in two to four boat fleets. I'll be glad to help with the scoring tasks too (I'm a bit of a computer junkie). However, I joined the large F18 fleet to race one-design and I don't have much interest in cross-handicap scoring or even sharing a start line with boats of a different class if it can be avoided. There is also some F18 class requirements for regional championships to keep in mind too - but I'm certain you guys are well aware of all that.