Perhaps its not so crazy (or evil) The location of the two events are thousands of miles apart. (The H20 and Tiger Nationals are on the west coast quite a distance from Quebec.) How many teams will make the trip? How many teams east of the rockies have ever made the trip for any of the factory nationals? In practical terms, even if the events were two to three weeks apart... few teams would be able to do both events given the travel times and a real life to manage.

You probably don't want to go sailing in Quebec in September or October which puts your regatta in the summer. I agree, you will stop some teams from racing in both events but just don’t know if there is a better alternative.

Don’t forget that finding a club willing to host and run a 20 to 30 boat event for a week is not a small matter.

Good Luck
Mark Schneider
(In the throes of scheduling my own little area)