MAry It's a hard choice, even for one with so little experience! I have only been to Fleet 28's Buzzard, and Fleet448"s Summer Classic and The New England 100. I have yet to race! I did register once or twice, but was always distracted by others that just wanted to "funsail". Each event has it's good points, and weather is never one you can count on. Last year The Buzzard, held in The Whaling City, New Bedford Ma. was great! Lots of wind, (too much Saturday, with lots of broken boats) Terrific hospitality from the city,(We used to get police details to guard our boats overnight)lifeguards to keep swimmers out of the beach, a traffic detail during peak traffic, a nice lawn for camping. There is an old fort you can walk around, and nice waterfront park. Then there's Fleet 28... Sometimes they provide towing onto the beach, they put on a good feed, and Ted Knowlton always comes through with a jazz band Saturday night. Wow is he an inspiration or what!? For The Summer Classic, and N.E.100, Saturdays of both events, end at Quonset Point on Narraganset Bay. A great crowd, great feeds, and for the N.E.100, one year they had a tent with a "Surf Band". It was a gas! Of course my favorite event is not a race, but The High Holiday of Cat Sailing, Fleet 448's Annual Island Hop. This is held at my home port, Gooseberry Neck, in Westport MA.We have a small dirt parking lot, with very few trailer spots, but organizer John Smith has arranged to have the state open a gate into the reservation there, so we can put the trailers in. We have primitive facilities, and only draw about thirty boats , but the destinations would be hard to beat anywhere: Cuttyhunk; Quicks Hole; Tarpaulin Cove; Penikese; and Menemsha on Marthas Vineyard; and Cherry and Webb; and Barney's Joy Beaches on the mainland. Followed with a good cook out back at the beach. Sorry to rant, but I just get to feeling religious writing about the Cult I'm in! Brian