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| Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht Club | June 2 |
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| Norcalsailing report featuring Summer Palace:
http://www.norcalsailing.com/entries/2012/06/05/ditchrun2.html#.T-iWoI2Mfqs Below quoted from Pressure Drop: Drew Scott was helming a F-28. "My crew is starting to swing around to pick me up when El Raton, in perfect control slides up beside me and asks if I would like to get picked up. They had already doused their chute and stopped beside me. I took their offer and got back into a boat (trying to stop a lightweight trimaran next to someone when it is blowing in the mid-20s is not easy so I figured I would not turn down El Raton. My crew ably finished the race on Papillon, only one boat behind El Raton! And I had many adventures with El Raton, but that is their story to tell. So, a great big thank you to the Ray Lotto and the crew of El Raton for pulling my soggy hide out of Suisun Bay!! Drew Scott Papillon (most of the time)" |
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| Author: Jason ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: What is best for the class?? Info: (29652 views) Posted: Tuesday 12-18-07 11:50:15 AM |
We all have opinions and personal agendas to think about, but first and foremost we should be thinking about what is best for the class. If the class decides to change a rule then it should be done because it is going to better the class. In other words, what is going to get more boats out on the starting line? That should be our primary goal. There are far too many boats sitting on the hard and not being used and we need to come together and figure out how to fix this!!!!!
If we want to compare our fleet to the Moore24 fleet, we should be looking at what are they doing differently that gets 30+ boats on the starting line regularly?
I am one of those skippers who is over the 200 lb mark and I don't have a problem getting crew to weigh in at 880. That being said, I have no personal reason against changing the weight limit to a higher one either. I would only ask to prove to me that raising the weight limit is going to get more boats out on the starting line. If you can do that, then I would go along with the change.
Anybody else have any suggestions on how to improve class participation? I would love to hear other thoughts and suggestions on this topic.
-Jason
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