Hi,

Yes, more cat sailing and less cat racing if you wish to entice more participants to our favorite enjoyment.

I have just received an old Hobie ad (1973) from Yachting magazine for framing in my den. The ad reads the following, which is the enticement, needed to attract more common folk people

Shimmering lagoons swaying palms and girls
To caress your brow. You can own an island of
Your own and the natives are always friendly.
Even neighbors become friendly when they
Learn of isle of paradise. They'll want to join
The over 12,000 islanders you gather with
When you attend any over 500 feasts held
Yearly by the natives (among Hobie catters
Around the world regatta is a custom)

Why don't you join the natives and spend some
Time basking in the freedom and your own island,
We can promise excitement, exhalation, and friendship
And paradise it's a way of life.

Now look at today's way of Hobie, somehow its spirit has been lost partially due to
Commercialism and one-upmanship via racing and gadgets.

I have conversed with Hobities and surfer dudes of days past, and there were weekends in which 100's of Hobies could be seen on beach from Friday to Sunday, with participants partying the night away. I ask where is that performed today, I am certain all of us knows a beach where we could do the days of old.

Somehow this has been totally lost; I am willing to fax ad. Please send an email with fax number.

Mike