Hello Todd



How many racers... not boat owners do you think this proposed rule change effects???



From the sidelines, it would seem that MOST 6.0 owners are simply not interested in spending the time or money for a big buoys race, such as the nationals much less a campaign with the boat.. I point to the fact that the seventeen boats at the RTI were the largest turnout this year of 6.0's. I would bet that you had at least 4 variations on a theme out there racing. This makes it tough to race as a class. Obviously, class racing around buoys is not a big issue for this 6.0 crowd.



The Tornado class was faced with a similar choice and the changes that you now see at the Olympic level /International level were voted DOWN by the rank and file. Mind you... these sailors would NEVER race their boat nationally much less internationally. ISAF however mandated changes for the Olympics and John Forbes artfully managed a bit of a chaotic process and they were eventually accepted by the class. Thankfuly change was forced on the class!



I believe that the racers that will travel and compete nationally are the ones who should decide how they would like to race at that level. Sailors who have no intentions of going to the nationals or comitting to a one design camapign should probably not weigh in on an issue which only effects national events and the dedicated racers who attend.

Jack Young and Performance may wind up just mandating what ever solution he wants (Just like ISAF did) given the low numbers in the class.



Decisions made for national level races (eg the Nationals) need not be followed by sailors or even regional fleets.

Eric's post stated that Indeed... the local New England 6.0 class would take up the issue seperately. Obviously, they have some sort of rules for voting, quorums and major decisions in place for deciding which direction they will take next season and expect most of the club to fall in line with the clubs decision.



Take Care

Mark