Hi Todd

I will poke the fleet (as usual)

Why would any fleet travel on weekends?

Competition.... (The top North American teams are racing Spring Fever)

Reciprocity... (If WRSA fleet goes south... they will come up for Oxford)

Boredom, Sailing the same body of water week after week against the same guys can get old. New restaraunts and bars to try, After a local regatta, many sailors schedule something after sailing and blast off. On the road, you hang around the campsite or build the fleet at the bar. Variety is the spice of life. (See the Albacore, Hampton OD and 505 local fleets who travel the bay even though they are not visiting a local fleet)

RC Duties. Your club service requirments goes down when you travel to race. Somebody has to run a race.. Supporting clubs that run races for you gets more of your sailors on the water AND makes the host club and RC happy that they are contributing to the sailing enviorment.

Visibility... Do you think the boat speed and class turnout at the Oxford big boat regatta has anything to do with the recent growth of the N20 fleet?

Any of these benefits work for you guys?