...that one 'bad apple' is poisoning the barrel for all of us multihullers.

The seaworthiness of the boat is NOT the issue.

It's the possibility of multihulls being banned from racing that is the rub.

Get it?

Here we are, trying to get multihulls generally accepted, and it's like, a step backwards. K?

FYI, from the F-boats list:

There is a lot of inside stuff and possible personal agendas inside LBYC. But, a few things should be noted.
the ORCA fleet has been very small (2 or 3 boats, if you don't count the R-33's) for the whole Catalina Island Series......so throwing out all ORCA boats wasn't a big deal for them, since we already dis-qualified the R-33.
We (ORCA), have talked to the other clubs and have NOT gotten a feeling that they will, in any way follow "suit".
I just got off the water racing and the ORCA fleet was the largest in this day race open to all PHRF and ORCA boats.
The sponsoring yacht club loves us and has no intention of cutting out their biggest fleet.
There is a general feedback though, that they are happy ORCA had the guts/courage/sense (?) to dis-qualify the R-33 as an ORCA boat due to it's high rate of capsizing.
ORCA is presently working on a stability rule or guidelines and are involved in discussions as to how the R 33 can change their parameters to avoid capsizing in the future ( more crew, wider beam, shorter mast ??????)............... it will be awhile before it's all sorted out but ORCA has worked very hard to get multihulls accepted in open yacht club races for over 40 years and we don't plan to see our hard work go down the drain.

Mike Leneman
ORCA board member