I chose not to attend because it's a 9 hour drive each way, that adds two days to the regatta days for me, and my leash isn't that long. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Florida is such a long state, I think it should be broken up into 2 separate areas all by itself, and then GA, SC, AL, NC be a different area. I went to last year's regatta because it was only 2 hours away. 9 hours each way is just too long and if I lived 3 hours further south, in Miami or the Keys, it would be 12 hours! What about those guys? That's a lot of driving for what is supposed to be an "area" qualifier. It's even in a different time zone!