Yes thats the kind of level headed reasonable statement I have come to expect.

I don't know how your club operates but in the clubs I have been inolved in in the UK, all members have to help out and do duties. That inlcudes those that sail only 5 times a year. You have to understand that as peoples life priorities change (usually kids) we cannot all sail every weekend. And I don't think that the 15% (or whatever number it is) that race regularly are more important or do more to promote the sport than the 85% that don't.

Gareth