Again, the example of wind surfers. They are not club members almost by definition and should we just ignore them because of it? Wouter
What, are you FN high? I see you're from NW Europe, must be close to Amsterdam. Where did you pull that out of?
The St Francis YC, one of the most well known yacht clubs in the world has a good number of wind surfers and kite surfers as members. They hold races right off of the YC porch once a week. Attached is a video of their kite surfing scene. In the video, one of the competitors states, "...there's a chance it will be in the Olympics someday..." He even mentions how US sailing gets behind them and sponsors them. They realize that it's all about getting out there and exposing kitesurfing to the sailing community at large.
Name one yacht club here in the U.S. that puts on a catamaran specific regatta once a week (like the kitesurfing races at SFYC).
The kite surfers are utilizing the SFYC to gain exposure for their sport in hopes that it will one day be an Olympic sport. That's exactly what we need to do for cats.
Video:
http://www.ktvu.com/video/13915307/index.html
