As is usual with multihull sailors, lots of huff and puff and no action. This discussion has run out of steam with no serious interest in resolution submissions. Just a lot of winging and wining and no action. It's the reason we mostly are ignored and rightly so IMHO. Except for a very small minority, ALL we are interested in is turning up to a regatta to race, drink some pi$$, and bugger off home. Most regatta entrants here in Oz show little gratitude for the time and effort put in by the VOLUNTEER organisers, and most don't even bother to stay for the presentation. As the prizes are being given out, the speeches by the prize winners are drowned out by the last of the boats leaving to go home. It makes me sick. Our club is the same, arrive, sail, pack up and pi$$ off! My wife and I stay to watch the sun go down with a glass of Chard and some prawns, but mostly we are sitting there on our own.
We have TWO ONLY dedicated cat clubs here in the whole of OZ. With the thousands of K's of beautiful lakes and coastline we have, there is just TWO cat clubs! And they struggle even though one is in Sydney, the largest city in Oz. Clubs have closed all over the place due to a lack of support. Recreation in Oz is like a dirty word. Most lakes and waterways generally are unused for recreation. There's no support for any attempt to get youth involved in cat sailing here. I've tried and been completely and totally ignored. Everyone is driven by materialism and personal gain, community is almost defunct. All very sad but true.
Good luck trying to get cat sailors interested/involved in anything other than a quick race on Saydy afternoon and a tinny.
While you may not see or hear about much happening today or the next few days, rest assured, there is a lot happening. The vocalized emotions are subsiding a little but there is a lot of energy being directed to fix this thing across the world right now - it's just barely below the surface for the time being.
