Now we are back to talking business.

When I took this case to the OA as part of solving the riddle for Mr. Hodges, we also asked for beach cat inclusion. There was misunderstanding between DPN scoring and PHRF scoring by the OA, who is always in the right. They had not made provisions at Southern for the sudden inclusion. We are preparing a proposal that will include "Ocean worthy" catamarans, including F 18s, N 17s, and the 20 footers.

Thanks to Mark, we have opened the door for a brief GYA history lesson. Bryant Murray, Brian Waters, and I founded the Northwest Florida Multihull Association, under NAMSA, because Stan Pape and others had already created the Greater New Orleans Multihull Association. Both of our efforts were in support of Open Class racing and the North American Multihull Association due to the Hobie Cat protocol that regulated the Hobie only events). NAMSA was led by a retired attorney, Richard Blanchard and his wife, Betty. The Honorable Richard Blanchard designed the current rating system for the US Sailing yardstick and handed that over to Darlene Hobock and US Sailing when he retired. That was nearly forty years ago...

In 1990 a dear friend and fellow sailor, John Oerting was commodore of the GYA and established the Challenge Cup and the GYA MHC during his watch. I served as the founding chairman until 2012 when my health went south. Mike Pedersen took the helm and kept us rolling.

BTW, the GYA is the largest YA in US Sailing and is working to become established as its own US Sailing Area, levered by the strength of voting numbers. Guys like Harry Chapman and Walter Chamberlain have established worthy programs US Sailing depends on today.

The Multihull Council has more lobbying power today, and we are doing much for the multihull sailors. Jay is pencil whipping me for some unknown reason due to his lack of involvement and out of dislike for me personally. His mis - information is now making matters worse, and I see no benefit in continuing this discussion under this thread title.

The next time I address this case will be when the MHC has drafted its proposal and we submit it to our fresh contacts at Southern Yacht Club. This will be done in late July/early August for presentation to their BoD during our Fall meeting. We do not have the time to wait until the winter meeting due to promotion, marketing, and final planning - earlier than later.

We had two ER cases from the heat this past weekend during the annual Challenge Cup, one seizure, and Benz Faget became weakened while prepping his boat and made a trip to the ER, himself. He was bleeding from the hand and pale as ghost just before they took him in from the yc.

I share this in forewarning: We are not as young as we once were; therefore, please pace yourselves and remain hydrated, especially on hot white beach sand. Seeking lawns and shade, when possible, would be the recommendation from our Safety Committee. Save the alcohol until the sun crosses the yardarm.