Hi Mary,

the answer is no. 2 and now 9 are/were just asking about fleet size and regatta frequency.

One of the real questions I have asked my friends, because I see it as a real choice, is wouldn't you rather sail in a 20 boat handicap fleet, especially if the boats are close in performance, than a 10 boat one-design fleet. But that was based on my personal assumption that the more boats the better. And of course it also mixes many values together. Surprise surprise, more people than I would have expected prefer a small fleet.

Most of these questions are designed, not real thoroughly mine you, but at least intended to compare 2 values to each other. Sometimes the same question is only slightly altered to present the same opportunity to a Performance fan and a Hobie fan.

Now look at question 4. In my mind, a surprisingly large number of people prefer the high tech high performance boat to sailing in a larger fleet. At least that is how I read it.

The responses to questions 6 & 7 reveal far less brand bigots than I expected. I think they would have been picking the first answer on both of those questions.

Also, I think the poll is indicating that head to head racing is more important than one-design racing, hence formula would seem to be a logical place for many of these folks to go.