Right now with my small children its not fair for me to disappear for a while on the boat.
I hear you on that! That's my world right now as well. Even an hour to wash down the topsides feels like a "privilege". It's almost hilarious. My wife would probably opt for a spa day given the option. Me? I'd say, "I'll take a day to crawl around the boat please!" ;-)
I know for sure that if we had five J30s registered and on the water for WAVES at RVYC we would at least be scored as a one-design fleet, and if we were lucky we'd get our own start.
That's awesome. And, if I recall correctly, that's a very cool regatta. Great venue. I did a dinghy NAs up there at Jericho years ago that overlapped and we crashed the WAVES party. Good times!
Sounds like we should certainly add Vancouver, in the WAVES timeframe, to a season series list.