Pat wrote
"Canandaiguia is an open event I like to go to.
It's a mass start that has handicap winners and breaks out classes. Great club house, hot tub and can be very windy."

(Yes, we probably do agree more then we disagree and I had no idea how to spell Canandaiguia)

Dermot wrote
"At our Nationals, all classes start together. We have overall prizes, and prizes for fleets of 6 or more. This results in a great social circuit and no cat sailors feel left out at an event, no matter what class they sail. "

That is my agenda... If you have class's like Syracuse.. outstanding... A decent mix of events is great (Syracuse might consider solutions to 3 classes with one boat in each of those class.'s ... but hey there is hope)

When you see that 10 boats in one design and 10 boats in open is not gonna happen...Recognize that the sociology of groups requires attention. Change the program. Don't divide a small group of cats into tiny one design classes. Stop the continual war cry.. "Handicap sucks".

So Dave
If you don't like it... fine... don't go to the Alter qualifier, or any of the other regattas where you might get scored on handicap and in your one design class... But don't keep chiming in... Handicap sucks... Don't snipe that X's boat has a cheater rating...