Would you come if I arranged "Rounde Gossa" and two days of buyo racing in midsummer? All for the sailors and their experience. Midnight sun (almost), great scenery and fairly predictable conditions..
I would not think so, except once for the experience and the trip. I think people go to the big events becouse they are well known and gives the weekend warriors a chance to fulfull their dreams. I agree that smaller events usually are much better and more fun, but I still want to go to Texel some time.

Oh, and by the way here is the map reference to "Gossa" (I live just to the east of the island):
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=aukra&sll=62.760065,7.000527&sspn=0.008682,0.034504&ie=UTF8&ll=62.831327,6.915894&spn=0.277162,1.104126&t=h&z=10