I have been trying to hold off from getting too involved with the back and forth posts below, but I feel that since I am an owner I will put out my two cents.

We all have opinions and personal agendas to think about, but first and foremost we should be thinking about what is best for the class. If the class decides to change a rule then it should be done because it is going to better the class. In other words, what is going to get more boats out on the starting line? That should be our primary goal. There are far too many boats sitting on the hard and not being used and we need to come together and figure out how to fix this!!!!!

If we want to compare our fleet to the Moore24 fleet, we should be looking at what are they doing differently that gets 30+ boats on the starting line regularly?

I am one of those skippers who is over the 200 lb mark and I don't have a problem getting crew to weigh in at 880. That being said, I have no personal reason against changing the weight limit to a higher one either. I would only ask to prove to me that raising the weight limit is going to get more boats out on the starting line. If you can do that, then I would go along with the change.

Anybody else have any suggestions on how to improve class participation? I would love to hear other thoughts and suggestions on this topic.

-Jason