Michael Norris, USA, president of International L30 Class Association:
My Wife Christina and I met sailing together in a lightning regatta in 1981 at our home Club in Sao Paulo Brazil. While we primarily raced Lightnings, Snipes, Melges 24’s, Etchells and VXONE’s sometimes we also raced “big” boats.
After racing dinghies for over 40 years and now living in Michigan, USA, we started looking for a larger boat that would offer good performance, could be sailed by a small crew or double handed, easy to launch and drive on the road and comfortable for overnight races. We looked at many boats and we both agreed that the L30 was the best option available.
We now have Morning Breeze for three years and we love every time we take her out racing or cruising. We Love the class because of the balance between good competition and friendship.
Our challenge as a class now is to work together to have fun competitive events and spread the word about the L30 to get more people to join us.
I’m very honoured to be the Class president and I invite you to send me your ideas on how we can grow our wonderful class.
Cheers,
Michael Norris