Dinghy Sailing Magazine disappointments

Each year our Sprint 15 coverage in the Dinghy Sailing Magazine disappoints me and I suspect other Catamaran Classes might feel the same. This year their effort in "What Dinghy" is even more pathetic than normal. There is just one double page (18 & 19) devoted to Catamarans. There are 68 line entries (one per catamaran format) of which the Sprint 15 get just one line entry (we should get 2 one for Sport mode and the other for standard mode). Many of the 68 entries are for catamarans that you will never see in the UK let alone have others to race against. There is no indication of:
How many boats have been made or sold
How big the Class Association is
How Active the Class Association is
How many competitors attended the Nationals
What/how many Open Meetings are organised
If training courses are available,
etc, etc.
Thus despite the fact that the Sprint 15  and the Sprint 15 Sport are regularly both the 2nd & 3rd biggest catamaran fleet in the country based on National Championships attendance, TT meetings, number of boats sold in the UK, and almost any other criteria there is no guidance to advise the punter of these important metrics. Indeed the Sprint 15 is the natural "starter" catamaran in the UK for punters who have not sailed catamarans before.
To add salt in the wound they (DSM) even get much of the data entered in the wrong columns!
They have even omitted to include our Supplier & Builder  (Windsport and Collins Fibreglass) in the Builder & Supplier database on page 48.
Do other catamaran classes feel neglected by DSM?

Not that the mods ever acctually look at the DSM forum - and it seems kinda dead nowadays

Originally posted by Lukepiewalker Most of these things are based on information given by the class associations....

That rather assumes that they get asked in the first place...... At least Y&Y do things properly and contact the association or builder for up-to-date info. DSM is not a magazine that has ever impressed me though and as already mentioned here, I'm sure the Y&Y team will be pleased to see such constructive criticism!

Do we think that Y&Y's coverage of the cat scene is that good anyway? They have not covered any of the big Cat Opens in a special report for ages - nothing on Forts, Piers, GW. In fact they only seem to do the manufacturer led events these days in dinghies! Jeremy Evans seems to write more and more about either the elite squad sailors and big boat sailing and has clearly decided that turning up and reporting events is beneath him. I'm beginning to wonder whether the sub is worth paying!

Thanks for the feedback - always good to hear.
Check out the current (January 12) and next (January 26) issues. For cat
sailors there's a test of the TopCat and 'Magnificent Machines' which
features some radical multihulls, while if you're after multi-class dinghy
events there's full reports on the Bloody Mary and Grafham Grand Prix.
You might miss those bits if you just glance at it in the newsagents!

Cat sailors should also check out Hugh Styles' recent trapezing tips
series, with lots of cat-specific tips. Unless you think you've nothing to
learn from an Olympic Tornado sailor...