Lee, the problem is that you complimented what Jill and Robbie do (which is absolutely fantastic) at the expense of the people at Hobie and Nacra. That's not right - at least in the case of Hobie Cat and the Hobie Class Association. I can't speak for Nacra.

I'm going to lay some facts here and then I'm going away:

• Since 2008, the HCA has pumped over $30,000 into it's youth programs - mostly the youth grant program where we give $ to kids to reimburse their travel expenses to major Hobie Class events.
• The HCA has conducted a Youth North Americans in Hobie 16s as long as I can remember (and a Women's, too).
• The HCA, through the leadership of Harry Murphy, has been able to have Hobie 16s participate in the Junior Olympic Festivals since 2010 - and next year we'll combine our Youth North Championships with the JO event in the sailing capital of the United States - Annapolis. The HCA has provided the race committee and individuals have provided FREE charter boats.
• At each JO, the HCA has conducted Guest Expert programs that have a full day of on-shore and on-the-water coaching and instruction, followed up with post-racing debriefs.

It's OK for you to spout off fuzzy bunnies and rainbows for what Jill and Robbie are doing. Just don't do it at the expense of other groups that you aren't fully aware of, and obviously have some deep-set resentment against.