Just so that everyone knows what this is all about..... This document is only about safety gear and equipment and has to go Safety at Sea and for that group to consider it and publish this in the Safety guidelines.

We are looking for that good housekeeping seal of approval on equipment so that YC and other OA's can defer to a group of "experts" for the NOR.

We have gotten the right expert opinion to write it... So we should be able to move the ball.

The next step is for the MHC committee to consider forming a committee of PRO's and OA's that run the distance races and evaluate guidelines for these events.

When the sailing community is evaluating what happened in 6 deaths. IMO, you need to take a fresh look at your own niche of the sport... Before the crisis.

I suspect these guidelines for PROs and OAs would be published by the MHC and not look for sanction by any other US Sailing committee.

The committee could also consider the issues and make no recommendations. The strength of the report rests on the experience and judgment of those people on the committee.