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Interesting. Hobie will be in a bind, long term, if they can't find a way to bring in young blood with money. [/quote

HOBIE!!?

Dude... we are all in this boat together..... it's on fire... the shore is 1000 meters away and the ONLY solution is to paddle in the SAME DIRECTION together.

Sailing catamarans won't go away.... Builders won't go away... The opportunity to race your catamaran is going away bit by bit as we age and attendance drops off.

The goal needs to be... how do you introduce non sailors and sailors to racing and what is the level of racing that gets them into the sport.

The BUILDERS should not be tagged here..

Racing is a social thing and we are in the boat along with builders who also race boats and we need to solve the problem and paddle faster and more efficiently.

I have zero patience for dithering or policies that get in the way of everyone in the boat rowing in the same direction or those that say... "ah... I want my own boat because you other guys are ...... fill in the blank..."