My boat is in Seattle and as such we do PHRF racing. My crew are my wife, son, daughter, and my brother. We would probably weigh in between 950 and 1000#. I have thought about coming south for Nationals and a few others, but that would also mean changing my crew. We have great fun together and it would be a shame to split it up. As I am out of the area, I realize not many will care about my opinion, but at some point it could mean one less boat on the line. 100#s isn't going to make that much difference in performance. Open it up to us big guys. Just my .02.

I am thinking hard about Spinnaker Cup this year prior to Pac Cup. Cheers, Darrel

:: I will weight in here for a bit (pun intended). I am in
:: favor of a change in crew weight limit up to 1000 lbs.
:: as that was the original crew weight Carl designed the
:: boat to carry. Not being a mathematician I will not
:: attempt to argue numbers except to say that the
:: difference of 100 lbs. that Mike speaks of does not seem
:: to me to be such an additional stress on the boat, but a
:: lot less stress on the skipper to put a crew together
:: consistently. I am still having a very difficult time
:: picking up the diehard logic of the crew weight needing
:: to be 880 lbs. I have never seen nor heard any logic for
:: that particular number. It seems to me that Mike's
:: number of 980 lbs. is at best reasonable and at least
:: based upon some use of arithmetic. I second Mike's
:: motion to change the crew weight to 980 lbs.
::
:: Does this motion have any standing, anyway. If so, let's
:: vote on it.