Hi Patrick! I am a HUGE fan of yours and enjoy reading about the regular beatdown you throw on all the other Wave guys.
Lets see if I can survive this F18 issue tonight then I'll figure out a new way to piss off the other half of the sailing world.
Thank you so much. I would just like to see the boat numbers at wave regattas grow. It is such a diverse boat and very accepting from beginner to advanced. Not the fastest or most advanced but one with many advantages. One of the great things about it is the close racing. Last year at Nationals there were 14 boats fighting to get around C mark at the same time. That is three legs into a five leg race. I know this because I was boat #14 The Masters bring so much knowledge and you cannot help but learn how to be a better sailor. This is why I think it would be an excellent boat for beginners.
Looking forward to seeing what will happen in the future, enjoying the present, and would like to use this platform to personally thank Rick White for starting this class. No matter what happens between IWCA and HCA he took a boat, made a class, brought it to my back door and got me into racing catamarans. I will always be grateful for that because it is my passion. I know sailors from IWCA, HCA, and even Hobie Corp. share this passion. My hope is that we can all sail together somehow and you have my support and help to make it happen.
Patrick.. BlackCat Racing. Hobie wave #11