Heres a way to really shorten up the time a racer would have to stay. lets say like NAMBA we ran a set number of classes per day, lets just assume 5 classes per day start to finish, and lets say we AVERAGED 18 boats per class or 3 heats of 6 boats, so 5 classes times 3 heats per class times 4 rounds (5x3x4 = 60) Then add the Championship round 5 classes times 1 heat (top 6 competitors) x 3 rounds for a total of 15 more heats. Total heats in 1 day would be 75 but 5 classes are complete and National Champions are crowned in those classes. If I only run 20 mono I may have to plan on being at the Internats for 1 or 2 days. That is pretty easily done, now if I run 5 or 6 boats I am likely to be there the whole time.. Tony J