ah... just read the thread from the top... someone posted it already.

Must not be enough racing going on though.... when your standard "atta boy.. way to go" email to cap owners only gets spun up as marketing tactics and hobie smack.
Pretty good spin cycle....

But ... How come nobody wants to deal with the pink elephant in the room?
Can the F18 sailors in North America support three national championships (F18, Nacra F18 Hobie F18)?

So for 2006 ... 5 F18's at the Nacra Class nationals, 0 boats at the Hobie Class nationls.... (Not to mention a FUBAR with St Francis YC)

Do they run the same game plan next year? (who is they... anyway?)

Do you think F18 sailors might have a public dialog and try to reach a consensus... or will they just trust that god will provide more venues like St Francis or Racine YCs that they may screw over at the last minute by not showing up?

Based on this year's track record... WHY WOULD ANY CLUB ASSIST YOU in the future?

Good Luck... But It's hard to believe that this is a succesful strategy for attracting new racers to the class either! (The high performance dinghy sailors probobly aren't impressed by this sorry track record).

Mark