Kudos to Fleet 250 and the RC for running a great event. They definitely maximized the available sailing time in between the calm periods and the storms. The RC also went out of their way to make my daughter feel comfortable; she is clearly not a national-level youth skipper, but the RC provided some timely on the water coaching for the "slower" boats and even put someone on her boat for personal training. I'm not saying that every kid should come to a National event and expect help, but this was definitely a great example of the beachcat spirit. She learned a lot and she will be back.