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Hobie Cat Nationals
2008 Nationals to be held at Harrisson Hot Springs British Columbia.
Wrong title - it's "
The Hobie 17 / 18 / Tiger North Americans". There is another Hobie North Americans being held in Clear Lake, IA for the 14's, 16Y, 16W and 16 Open.
The HCA is very leery of having another "non-event" like the aborted 2006 Tiger North Americans in San Francisco. The HCA has openly said that they will not support a proposal for a North Americans unless there is significant support from the class involved.
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Are these numbers representative of the classes?
No. You're being very selective about which results you show.
Let's look at the last 5 years (I'm excluding the Wave, since there has only been one year that there was a sanctioned event):
Hobie 14:
2002 (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) - 18
2003 (?) - 7
2004 (Syracuse, NY) - 9
2005 (Rehoboth, DE) - 10
2006 (Clear Lake, IA) - 35
2007 (Geneva, NY) - 21
Average:
16.7
According to the 2007 North American Points spreadsheet, there were 44 Hobie 14 sailors that accounted for 61 regatta attendances.
Hobie 16 W
2002 (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) - 14
2003 (Rehoboth, DE) - 12
2004 (Syracuse, NY) - 12
2005 (Ventura, CA) - 13
2006 (Sandy Hook, NJ) - 10
2007 (Geneva, NY) - 16
Average:
12.8
The HCA doesn't track womens teams separately for points. I'm not going to wade through the names of 800 or so 16 sailors to see how many are women.
Hobie 18:
2002 (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) - 16
2003 (Lk, Carlyle, IL) - 15
2004 - No Event
2005 (Clear Lk., IA) - 13
2006 (Lk. Texoma, TX) - 17
2007 (Geneva, NY) - 19
Average:
16.0
According to the 2007 North American Points spreadsheet, there were 75 Hobie 18 sailors that accounted for 145 regatta attendances.
Now let's look at the FX-1:
According to the 2007 Points Rankings, there have only been 2 FX-1's racing - and each of them attended only one regatta! (BTW, you're not one of them, Mke - Division 4 must not be reporting 1 boat starts)
Let's get real. The FX-1 doesn't have the numbers to support a North American Championship - yet. Just because there's another North Americans being held relatively near to you doesn't mean that they should give you a start.
When you can consistently get 5 boats at a regatta (anywhere in the region), then we can talk about a North Americans for the FX-1. Start out small - like MidWinter's West.