I know someone mentioned these regattas in passing a while back, but I was contacted today by Nicki Hyser from the Minnesota Chapter of the Luekemia and Lymphoma Society and she asked me to pass on the details. There are a total of 41 regattas across the US throughout the year (some have already taken place for this year). These are fund-raising events for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. All the details can be found
here and the schedule and links to all the NORs are
here.
BTW this caught my eye in one of the NORs <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> -
Alternative Penalties: Any yacht wishing to protest another yacht must fill out a six-page protest form in duplicate and submit to the Race Committee within 30 seconds of the First-Place finisher.