One race Nationals

Originally posted by kneewrecker I'll be going for the Carbon Kona National Championship this weekend at Hayling Island.... I hope there's a beer from a kite surf brand sponsor for the winner.

Only if he gets a go on it

Would I suggest the "one race nationals" approach for a new class? No. Would I, from outside the class, suggest that I 14s are "wrong" to run such a thing? Definitely not.

Not as far as th vendee though...

Boring leadmine stuff... ;-)

I personally think that there is a lot of romance in a single race nationals but only really where it is backed up by getting your name on the same trophy as Uffa Fox, having sailed under the same terms as him many decades previously. It is also very tough to stay lucky for half an hour in a modern 14, let alone for 2h plus, as I know from experience!
Of course "proper" regatta sailors will rightly assign more value to a series result emphasizing consistency, and this is pretty much the case in the i14s, but the POW race is one of the things that makes the i14 so special and compelling.
However the way things are going with the increasing dumbing down of week long nationals into long weekends (people being to poor and busy), the one race nationals could be the way things are going!