Umm. I'm not so sure that a big, modern catamaran extravaganza would absolutely have to be a National Championship. It might be a neat thing in and of itself.
We just had a lot of fun with around 40 boats of all descriptions and the world didn't spin off it's axis and fall into the void. If it had been 100 boats it might have been even more fun.
Maybe we should try it some time?
"Racine Race Week" sounds nice. But I like the sound of "City of Palms" race week even better.
http://www.cityftmyers.com/We have our own river district.
http://www.cityftmyers.com/Default.aspx?tabid=544 It could be like "Mardi Gras" south! Or Charleston but not so cold.