We tagged on to this monohull event 2 yrs ago with 16 mostly local cats. The monohulls enjoyed watching us zipping around the course, and invited us back. We had 32 cats there last year, 84 boats total. This year they made me the Regatta Chair, and have challenged me to break 100 boats by bringing the cats "en masse".
We doubled our numbers by spreading the word, and with Outback cooking a gigantic steak, it wasnt hard to entice those who came the first year to come back again. It is now a Hobie div 9 points regatta(and yes its open to all cats!) and will be bigger and better this year.
We will again have our own RC and race course , and for the F18's and I20's it will be a warmup for Performance Race week which starts the following monday in Tybee Island(about 3hrs away, caravan planning to head out sunday afternoon).
So if you want to sail in a big time event, have Outback cook you a big steak, sail off a very nice beach with a great campsite overlooking the water(Lake Murray), then this regatta is for you.
My personal challenge is for the I20 class to come up and sail before PRW, and I have commitments from the F18 class, so they will be racing for their own bragging rights.
Its great in these days of falling participation to have a regatta that is actually growing, and to top it off, the monohullers are seeing the cats as the future of racing.
David Mosley
www.teamseacats.comMore info will be posted soon at
www.columbiasailingclub.org 
