2 Classes Open to any one design catamaran 21’ in length or less, that completes registration with the organizing authority
One design classes shall consist of at least 2 boats except that of a handicap fleet or fleets which may be
formed at the discretion of the race committee. The current US Sailing Portsmouth handicap yardstick table for
multi hulls will be used for handicap fleet scoring.
An overall class consisting of all fleets may be formed and scored in addition to fleet scoring at the discretion of
the race committee and or regatta organizers. Awards for this fleet will be announced at the competitors meeting.
Eric
the NOR is pretty clear.
2 boats of a class make a fleet per the NOR.
I ask, because my personal preference is combined starts or handicap. I suspect that's unusual. Isotopes typically put around 12 boats on the line at club racing, so traveling to race in a fleet of 5 doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I view away regattas as a chance to mix it up with other designs, and that's what I'm hoping for at Catfest. ........I'd be more than happy to start with, or even race handicap with those boats (and the Wave too) - even if enough Isotopes were present to make a one-design fleet.
Sounds like they will also create a large portsmouth race as well as a one design race.
The only question is the fleet splits.
So, the keel boat races that I attend solve this by deciding on Friday if the OD fleet has enough boats... If not, they kill it off and add the boats to the handicap class and then make their handicap splits and publish it for the participants.
I disagree. In an open invitational event such as this, there is no way the Organizing Authority can know ahead of time what boats will attend.
Not true! they have 40 boats pre registered already.
In this example, You have 8 one design classes with 2 or more boats.
I suggest each design decide amongst themselves what they would like, and send a representative to tell Race Committee on their behalf -
In a perfect world... perhaps... but at the Wine and Roses PRO found out... the agreement reached at the skippers meeting by speaking with a few people was not understood or accepted by all of the sailors.
I suspect the PRO knows how many starts he can manage and will just decide with out the big conference call.
The important issue to get clear is that the sailors expect to race all spin boats around the course or just their one design class. This was the fundamental problem at Wine and Roses. (The infamous... get out of here... I am not racing you problem)
preferably well before the competitors' meeting.
Absolutely... but the other half is to tell the competitors with sufficient time so that they can choose.
