Healthy? Cat sailing is NOT healthy in Australia, especially Tornado's. It is not the classes fault but the sailors, Association, our sailing Federation and the manufacturers, Cat sailing is dead in this country there is a small number of Hobie 16's which could be called a class, sailing out of a club far north side Sydney, which is a difficult 1 hour drive from Sydney Central, a city with over 5 million people surrounded by perfect sailing waters you would not have to be too smart to figure out that we are doing something wrong. Now I am Finished with the Worlds I have lost all interest and faith in the sailors and the associations here in Australia, if I continue sailing i will be concentrating to compete in Europe as it is a waste of time and money here in Australia <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Mark
Don't hold back Mark - Tell us what you really think!
Maybe it's not healthy where you are but down here it's working well. We aren't the best sailors about and certainly not going to win world titles but we have a fleet of 40 or so cats every weekend who enjoy their racing. Sorry that you have lost interest in Oz sailing and hope you find inner peace in Europe <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
FWIW the T will always struggle because of it's physical size and the transport issues that it entails. There will always be a group who love the boats and will sail them at grass roots level and for as long as it is an olympic boat the elite will always run their campagnes on them whilst flopping to other classes inbetween. I personally like the T being the olympic boat and see no reason to change.
Tiger Mike
