Noooo I'm NOT an accomplished racer!!
I'm not even an accomplished sailor. But my YC drafted me to me chairman of the Race Committee a few years ago (my entire RC is made up of stinkpotters) so the sailors could be free to race instead of sit on an anchor all day. The club sponsors two major regattas each year, plus my boat and I (they really want my boat) do RC work in several others. It kinda came in handy at the rendevous when the RC came up short a member. But the real star of the committee was 15 yr old Jessica, who was our timekeeper and recorded the finishes. She'd never done it before, but did a better job of keeping the boat names and numbers straight as three of us were shouting them at her at the finish than many seasoned RC members have been known to do when several boats are finishing in a bunch. We were scratching our heads a couple of times trying to figure out "which boat was he?" but Jessica wasn't fazed a bit...she'd already gotten it. And btw, she's an absolutely delightful young lady too!