Why didn't they vote for multihulls?

As cat sailors, on this forum, at our multihull specific regattas we might think we're something special. We're not. People that competitively race small multihulls are a speck in the pool of sailboat racing in general.

How many of you step outside of your specific class racing (Hobie, Aclass, F18 etc) and actually sail in open yacht club events. That narrows the field even more. (Some areas of the country are bridging the yacht club gap pretty well already, but there needs to be more.)

These votes aren't a vindictive swipe at catamaran sailors, it's just the way the numbers play out.

If you want to really do something about it other that piss in the wind with an email. Go join your local yacht club, start racing in their events, recruit some new guys to sail with you, then get them on a boat of their own, etc... Get some new people on the water. Start a multihull specific youth program at your new yacht club... get the parents involved...blah,blah...

We are the "odd man out" in the sailing community in general. The only way to really fix that is to get more boats on the water and show the hardcore, yacht club monoslug racer what an incredible competitive sailing scene we have going on here. If you've been in your own myopic catamaran world and haven't been doing your part at getting new people on the water. Then no complaining for you! These votes are a numbers thing, not a vendetta to shut down cat sailing.