Changing the procedure for issuing a sail number is not being suggested because of a problem with the rules. It's just a way to force the owners of Mosquitoes to take some responsibility for getting their boats measured.

The problem with making an extra trip to the sailmaker to get numbers put on can be avoided simply by removing the sails from the measurement form. This is an unneccesary duplication as it is. A measured sail on a measurement form tells us nothing. A person can bring along any sail to have their boat measured. The only thing that matters as far as sails are concerned is that every sail should have the signature of a measurer and a date on the sail. This should already be the case for any sail used at a Titles.

I don't think the boat register is the appropriate place for measurement information. For one thing it is a list of ALL known Mosquitoes which is way more than is needed for a simple measurement register. Most of the boats on the register are not being raced or are so old that the question of measurement is irrelevant.

I agree there should be a list of all boats on the NMCCA website with current measurement certificates, and that the boats on this list should be the only ones eligible for entry into State and National Titles. I also think this can be put in place for the coming National titles in NSW.

Boats in NSW and QLD are not a problem as we could still have a measuring session AT the Titles for those boats.