I spent to weekend with the Barrington Yacht Club Race Committee during NAs. They did an awesome job calling charlie flags on both ends of the course - setting square lines and gates. The distance of each race balanced with the winds was perfect. The number of races per day allowed us to reach our national goals. As well they took a photo of the results with an iPhone after each race. We posted the results online within 5 minutes of scoring.

I would like to nominate the BYC Race Committee to win the US Sailing St. Petersburg trophy. If you were a skipper of crew, please respond to this thread as I want to send a letter to US Sailing with a recommendation and recognition of this outstanding volunteer service in the Sport of Sailing. Please give us feedback. Thank You!

US Sailing's Saint Petersburg Trophy

2012 St. Petersburg Trophy Winner:

Corinthian Sailing Club, Dallas. TX 2011 Championship of Champions Regatta Emblematic of excellence in race management, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Trophy was awarded originally by St. Petersburg Yacht Club in the late 1960s to recognize the club which ran the best regatta. The trophy was retired for several years, then was donated to US Sailing in 1977. The winner is selected on the basis of race management superiority and evaluation by participating skippers. Note: Qualifying an event for consideration requires some pre-planning. Information about the steps required are provided below. PAST WINNERS:

1967 Royal Canadian Yacht Club	1993 Windycrest Sailing Club
1968 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	1994 Eastern Yacht Club
1969 Long Beach Yacht Club	1995 Cleveland Yachting Club
1978 Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club	1996 California Yacht Club
1979 Island Bay Yacht Club	1997 Fort Worth Boat Club
1980 Long Beach Yacht Club	1998 Cedar Point Yacht Club
1981 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	1999 Lake Norman Yacht Club Adobe
1982 Beverly Yacht Club	2000 Beverly Yacht Club Adobe
1983 Waikiki Yacht Club	2001 Richmond (California) Yacht Club Adobe
1984 Houston Yacht Club	2002 California Yacht Club Adobe
1985 Long Beach Yacht Club	2003 Not Awarded
1986 Corinthian Sailing Club	2004 Indian Harbor and Riverside Yacht Clubs Adobe
1987 Bayview Yacht Club	2005 California Yacht Club Adobe
1988 San Diego Yacht Club	2006 Corpus Christi Yacht Club
1989 Rochester Yacht Club	2007 St. Petersburg Yacht Club
1990 Houston Yacht Club	2008 Southwestern Yacht Club
1991 Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club	2009 Carolina Yacht Club of North Carolina
1992 Beverly Yacht Club	2010 Rochester Yacht Club
2011 Annapolis Yacht Club

In addition to feedback in the above thread, please complete the Skipper ballot form and mail to the address provided. Thanks again for your support.

http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Race_Officers/St__Petersburg_Trophy/Required_Forms.htm

J/30 Skippers and crews,

I sent a blast email to the skippers that can be forwarded to the crews. There is a Word document in Dave's post above that skippers can use to provide input to nominate the Barrington YC race committee for the US Sailing St. Petersburg trophy. Please email that to Dave.

Additionally Dave and I want separate feedback (informal email to Dave & Bill, or post on this forum thread) on what worked well and what can be improved for planning future North American Championships. Don't limit this to on water stuff, but consider everything leading up to the event too so we can make future events better for the skipper's and crews, and get more people to the starting line!

Feedback from a loaner perspective.

I would never have considered investing the money nor the time to align a team on this year J/30 NA championship. Still I was missing the team one-design racing. Lending Footloose to the Rocket J team proved to be both rewarding and cost effective.

A few aspects of the 2013 NA made this easy:

• The schedule: making appropriate to piggy back the delivery with a mini-cruise.
• The Rocket J team. From the very start - much prior the event - the team welcomed me as if I was an old crew member. During the event, both my wife and me were warmly welcomed. Prior meeting the team when discussing with Catherine our stay in Barrington, I had some concern being stranded with no car far from home. The Rocket J team can rightfully laugh at me for those thoughts.
• Insurance. BoatUS covered with no hassle the event, but knowing through Bill Kneller, that the J30 organization has backup-plan for insurance - allowed for an early anxiety-free decision. Also Randy made it clear he will not put the boat at risk.
• Mooring accommodations. The Barrington yacht club made it dead-easy to secure a mooring, serviced by launch right at the step of the club - making easy access to shower and easy to stay in phase with all the NA activities.
• Delivery. The J/30 association, specifically Bill Kneller and Vic Farmer made delivering the boat to an unknown place easy, sharing both their knowledge of the area, precious resources (moorings, backup vhf etc...) and their time.
• Spectator boat. The ability to share the event with your close one especially when she is a main stake holder in your recreational time and the boat.

Thanks a lot to the Rocket J Team, the J/30 association and the Barrington Yacht Club.

Georges (Rocket J #524 for this NA)

I've worked with many loaner owners over the years hosting in Annapolis and been a loanee in Newport, at Bridgeport, and Miami. It's one of the unique and rewarding aspects of sailing in the Class championship. Georges glad to hear you had such a good experience and a credit to your efforts and those of the organizers and host club.