The comments about him not allowing anyone else in are interesting.
I actually had complaints as to why he was at our event when he spent so much of the time running around in a skiff while others ran races from the RC boat.
What I found prior to the event was:
He wants the NOR right.
He wants the Sailing instructions right.
He wants to now the marks, flags,horns, white boards etc. are in order.
He wants to know that he has enough mark boats with qualified people on them to properly set a mark.
He needs to know he has the right people on the RC boat to record scores etc..

He wants things done right, imagine that...

If someone like Mark S or Mike Walker or Pat Limburner is at the event he will gladly let them run flags and keep time while he drives around the course with a radio and fishing pole.

(PU spending lots of time in the skiff)

His job is to crown a National Champion on the race course.
My job was to run an event were everyone was treated like champions.
These two things can at times conflict and you have to comprimise.
At the 97 Womens Nationals he was willing to sacrafice some travel expenses to be sure that every women at the event recieved a red rose at the awards banquet.
He is not perfect, but the good he has done far out weighs any negatives.