J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum Events and Scheduling 2008 J/30 North Americans - Narragansett Bay Offer

J/30 Sailors,

I have been doing some checking with the various Narragansett Bay area Yacht Clubs on the possibility for hosting the 2008 J/30 North American Championship. Bristol Yacht Club (BYC) would be willing to host this sometime in August 2008. There are four J/30 owners who are members at BYC - Gritz (Mike Campbell), Nemesis (Mark Rotsky), Blitz (Corey Butlin), and Mmmm (Bob Rude). There are a total of 17 J/30s on Narragansett Bay (not all active racers) and I'm sure we could arrange loaner boats.

Mike Campbell has contacted the BYC Board members to float this idea, and individually they were enthusiastic. It would need to be approved officially at one of the BYC board meetings, with the next opportunity for approval at the September meeting.


I will guarantee participation by at least 7 NB boats (even if a few arms need to be broken....), plus a number of loaner boats for those traveling from afar. I know David Bows can convince many in the Northern New England fleet to participate, and LI sound is just a stones throw away.

So - I'm asking the J/30 fleet to comment on this offer, and indicate what time frame in August 2008 would work to gain maximum participation. Here are the Aug 2008 weekend dates where the event might be centered around: 2/3, 9/10, 16/17, 23/24, 30/31.

Please provide responses on this forum so that the dates and location can be presented for consideration during the J/30 Class meeting coincidental with the 2007 North Americans.

Thanks,
Bill Kneller

p.s. Thanks to Mike Campbell for the research leg work behind the scenes on this!