Mark as far the bike racing I don't understand your comment. Are you saying bike racing has more participants than sailing so sailors should not be able to get a spot to launch at public ramps and bike riders get government land to build trails on. Our six race bike spring series gave away over 8,000 in prizes and had an average of 60 riders not much more than sailing. Last weekend I rode in a race with 30 riders and they gave away 1,500 in prize money. Please help me understand your comments.
My comment about US sailing and boat access was not to get US sailing to go and buy beach property and provide beach access for sailors, but to help organize get contacts in the government to get sail boat launching at public ramps/parks with the help of local clubs (help get the tools for the job). The decline of beach cat sailing is mostly because there is not good places to launch and the daily sailor just wont buy a boat if there is no place to sail it.
The one thing I noticed about bike racing is that most people really work together and have positive attitudes and support each other because of the love of the sport. If I was new to sailing and was reading some of the post on here I would think what a screwed up group" I don't want to be a part of that". Lets up our game and work together and give positive comments if you have something negative to say just PM the person.