Just wondering if anyone club help me out. This summer on Lake Coeur d' Alene, we are having our first multihull regatta and as many of you know there is much to do to have a successful regatta. So my question is as follows:

1. Would it be better to have a short distance race or an official around the buoys regatta. Pros & Cons for a new club.
2. Is there a simple list of items we would need for either type of regatta.

This is our first year officially as a club and so we do not have a lot of material to run a regatta thus the idea of a short distance race of maybe 15 to 20 miles. There will be Hobie Wave's, H16's mostly in the fleet with a few TheMightyHobie18's, and maybe one Nacra 5.8.

So what do you think and are we nuts for even trying to have a regatta? Do have 3 major sponsors and a strong and growing membership base so things are looking good financially.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Miles Moore
H16
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