by Doug Wotring » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:29 pm
Dumas hull notice from ebay was not my hull, I just spied it and though someone might pick it up and save it. Even though it can't be registered it would still make a fine entry level club boat.
20-30 boats at a regatta is about perfect in my eye...just enough but not too much. keep in mind we has some 22 two day regattas in 11 states with skippers in a 750 mile or so radius from the basic geographic center of the class. and a few active skippers from outside that radius. thats alot.....to do especially if you sail other class boats, real boats, have kids, a real job or a wife.
basically the three main regions have a regatta a month during the season. also keep in mind that some clubs such as my own sail every other week in addition to these two day events.
nowith FL having the largest # of registered boats in any single state....and Fl being it's own region......there should be 50 boats at every regatta there I woould think....especaill since all the Fl regattas are withing 250 miles of each other
I myself am looking at 14 club race days, 6 regional events, 4 J boat events, a mini 12 regatta and thats just my sailing activities. Then throw in a few motorcycle races, a trip to China and anything else I get involved in. Thats 26 weekends that I am commited to. And then there is the off chance I may go to a few regattas out of region............
Damn, I am SC@*&ed.....LOL how am I going to afford this......I may have to sell another mini 12....or charter it out