Hello all,
This is an old fashion chain letter
If you believe that a race is only a race if one keeps score…. Now is the time to make a request of Rick White and the CABB group for keeping score for several large level class Portsmouth races with one design scoring for this years Tradewinds regatta.
Based on the published preregistration, a high quality dynamic competition could be created. Rather then competing in so so turnouts of 5 or 8 boat starts… Why not 20 + boats competing around the course. Since Rick White will start similar boats together anyway… you might as well contest mark roundings, starts and crossings in a race where the score is kept. … This formula works extremely well for the CATFIGHT regatta hosted by CRAM.
If you group the I20’s, F18HT’s, Nacra 6.0 with chutes and Tornado’s (for example) into one portsmouth open class … the corrected times will be very close and the racing very fair. Since you will also score the sailors in the small one-design groups.. you will also have that result as well. I believe that you will generate great excitement on the water AND create an event that most sailors would like to be at; if not this year… then next.
If you think that this format would be worthwhile and fun… or at least it won’t detract from the regatta… please forward this open letter to a friend, add your support below, or forward your request to Rick White at
Rick@catsailor.comMark Schneider
