This is some great discussion. I will say that after my last swiftsure, on a Mumm 36, I swore I wouldn't do another on anything slower... Hmmmm. Gary's right WRT to the minimums. And, with an event like Swiftsure, I don't see many OD breaks happening. Now, that doesn't mean the J/30 sailors can keep their own score though, right? :-)

The better and more likely event to get a OD start that is more central to both US and CAN J/30 owners is Whidbey.

Re: some local events, a regional "season" might be cool. What about picking 5-6 events incl. PSSR, J-Fest, Whidbey, Waves (sorry CAN sailors - not sure which events are the hot weekend events these days in Van), PSSC, and Grand Prix and doing a low-point score tally? I realize I'm skipping over details but if this was ratified, with specifics about how scores would be calculated for both handicap and OD events, what do folks think?

Winner would get the PNW J/30 Annual Series trophy.

Cheers,
- Jeff