I should hope that you care what I, and other sailors personally like...that is what your asking. After all, if I (and a signficant portion of other sailors) don't like it then it couldn't possibly help grow the sport. I am merely pointing out a counter point to that form of racing and counterpoints may help to shed some light on weaknesses in systems like this so we can make it better - my intentions were to be constructive in nature but I now realize and apologize for how negative it appeared.

What I am saying is that if those events happened that it would bother me on the race course (and I am assuming that my opinion would be shared by a moderate percentage of other class racers). However, it probably would not deter me from racing in the event (and besides, had I sailed well, the H20 shouldn't have had a chance to cover me in the first place). Chances are that it would rarely even come into play.

I agree that it will probably help grow the sport and foster more future racers and I support such a format. It provides newbies a format in which they can learn a lot quickly. Let's face it, The race organizers are on the wrong end of the stick to convince anyone to give up their boat for a more popular item to grow certain classes. We should find a way to adapt in order to grow our sport utilizing the variety of boats out there today and this sounds like a good way to get going. Besides, I've never raced this way (yet) and I shouldn't knock it until I've tried it.