Originally Posted by David Ingram
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
Dave

You need a paid staffer so that the regatta is pretty much at the same level three years from now as the event volunteer staff burnout and turn over.



When it came to the US Multihull Championship that was absolutely not the case. All the heavy lifting was done by the volunteers and the host.

Originally Posted by Mark Schneider


You also need the US Sailing stamp because this Organizing Authority has credibility through out the country. Some people tried to reform NAMSA and do this job but you can see how well that has worked. There is simply no support for another organization.



We could have a very long discussion as to why NAMSA never took off and I'd probably be in agreement with most of your opinions. As for US Sailing as the OA adding credibility to a regatta... yeah, that's debatable.


I was wondering how long it would be before NAMSA came up. Maybe it's time is now. The disenchantment with US Sailing is stronger than it has ever been.

Mark when I read your posts (and a couple of other folks) I hear the teacher from Charlie Brown.

"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"

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