ARBO has a point. There may not be 50 entries which will diminish the purse.. However, when ya think of it, the Worrell has been made up of our Rock stars of catsailing for a number of years. How many of us can afford new Inter20's with triply redundant sail packages? Not me, I just stand by hoping for their leftovers.
Sure it will change the character of camaraderie between teams on the Worrell, But I don't think it will filter far from that. The Myrtle Beach Cash prize race has never changed the nature of that race or its participants at the smalller levels, as Jake noted. I for one would have started this sport off a lot earlier had I known more about it, maybe a little media will prevent that from happening to the next guy and we'll get more sailors at the local level.
Smart Media coverage would fill the boring times with a history of the sport, Showing how little Billy went from his leaky Hobie 14 to a Nationally ranked Catracer in just a few years. Let's face it, It has greater possibilities than we know, and it is obvious that whatever ALL of us are doing, the sport is barely hanging on, we gotta do something drastic to turn it around, maybe this is just the sort of jumpstart the sport needs.
CARY