You said:

I was referring to the Wave Open, Womens, Masters and Youth Nationals. I don't advocate any kind of discrimination!!! But if I'm inferring correctly, and please forgive a genuine mistake if I'm not, the different classes are to allow a litle more "apples to apples" competition, right? That's all I meant to

allude to.. that it's sometimes desirable to limit the variables that don't directly involve sailing ability - and sometimes it's not.



And I respond:

You are not inferring correctly about the Wave Nationals -- no apples to apples. Everybody races as one fleet. The subdivisions are just to make it possible to lure more contestants in different categories and give out more trophies. But it is completely possible, for instance, for a woman to win the overall, the women's and the master's trophies. Or a female teenager could win the overall and the youth and the women's. No discrimination whatsoever here. A man over 55 can win both the overall and the master's. Everyone has a chance to win in all categories they are eligible for. The only separate category we don't have is "Men's Only." Sorry about that.