Unfortunately Bebop will not be attending, but I imderstand Big Kahuna has made plans to attend.

I just spoke to Bill Saltonstall who is on Arbella cruising the coast of Maine. Arbella won't be racing the NAs this year because he has a family trip to Hawaii scheduled then.

John sent me some photos - here is Smiles in the sling using the new CPYC crane.

Short Timeline to order Swag - Polo Shirts
Fax order NLT Weds 16 September
Tom Graves - Bad Dog #478
Fax number: 203.621.3059
Or Scan & Email your form to: tom-graves@team-bad-dog.com

Order form is attached. The polo shirts have your boat name embroidered on the sleeve, so make sure when you send in the order, you include exactly how the boat name should be spelled.

Official 2009 J/30 North American Logo
Embroidered Polos are $30 each

You can pay for your order at the NA Registration, or if you're not attending but want shirts, you'll be able to mail a check and have shipping costs added to the order. Email Tom Graves for that.

So far this is looking like a very low turnout year-does anybody know of other boats planning to participate that are not registered yet? Rumor has it that Zephyr and Big Kahuna are coming-any others?

What about:

Kinsale
Evelyn
Nemesis
Bad Dog
Excalibur

????

Nemesis isn't coming. I've asked Mark if he'll join the Rhapsody crew, and he's gotta check with the boss. I don't think Evelyn is coming either, but I think Luke is coming to CPYC to help with measurement. Zephyr and Big Kahuna are in, based on conversations I've had with Dave & Larry.

I have promises from Pale Rider and Special Sauce. Big Kahuna has confirmed and may be the only boat coming from the Chesapeake. I have not heard from either Kinsale or Excalibur. What about Bella Faster from Raritan? That gives a total of 15. I was hoping to top out at over twenty, but that dose not look possible at this time. There may be one more boat from Cedar Point. I'm sure the tough economic times has allot to do with it. I was hoping to get more entries from both New England districts, so far there is only one boat making the trip. Is there any J30 we're missing?
John McArthur, Regatta Chair

Edited because the format was unreadable! Just click on this link for the official 2009 J/30 NA website.

Fuzzy Wuzzy did it again! Nice job by Bengt and his crew to win the 2009 NAs.



Final results are posted at this link

Congratulations Fuzzy and team. We had a great time at NAs. Much appreciated to everyone who made the event a success. See everyone in Boston next year.