[quote=danielt1263][quote]Though it is interesting that you note Waves as being popular. Do you mean among all boats, or just among the cats?[/quote]
Among all the boats. The Sunfish are almost never used. The 420s go out but it's mostly teens who are part of the racing team.
The only boat that you have to reserve ahead of time are the Getaways because they only have two (and with 3 hour blocks of reservation time, that means a total of 4 slots per weekend.) Meanwhile, they have seven Waves and all of them get wet every weekend day. They even see a bit of action during weekdays from retirees and snow-birds.
As for your comment about cost and commitments. The club costs the same as a gym membership so I don't see that as much of a barrier to entry and the mental commitment is much less. No need to look for and buy a boat then figure out where to store it, or how to rig it. I've owned a Laser 2, a Taipan/F-16, and I just purchased a Topcat K4X. All told, I've only [i]owned[/i] a boat for maybe 10% of the time I've been a member at the club. If anything, the club makes it harder to justify purchasing a boat.
I went to the local launch spot last weekend, and was joined by a Hobie Wave w/gennaker, and a mini-cat. Three boats! But there were 7-8 drones and probably 10-15 kayaks.[/quote]
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