Hi Carl
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<br>A couple of points underlying my proposal.
<br>1) I do not think that many H20'm P19 mx or N 5.8's will reconfigure to meet ANY new f20 rule for 2 reasons. 1) The H20's in particular are racing in class as a sloop rig. There is no evidence that they are chomping at the bit for spinakers unless they use them for distance racing. If they want to race chutes they have two choices, f18 and Inter 20/tornado 2) These boats are probably older ... not as stiff as new boats and probably would not be competitive with an upgrade. They would be very skeptical of investing in a spinaker main and jib to begin with... couple that with a tenuous racing scene for this boat... Will they or won't they get to race the I20 heads up... I just don't see it.
<br> Note also the naf18 group refused to bring in any of the older 18 footers into their class. (They are strictly Twisters, tigers, I18's and F18's.)
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<br>The N6.0 class in New England will hold together so long as the majority are interested in sloop racing around triangles.
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<br>This boat could easily match the I20 with respect to performance using the texel formula rule.
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<br>Portsmouth will be absolutely required to keep these sailors racing. It works. Hopefully we would have enough participation to have a spin and non spin start with several divisions split out.
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<br>Take a look at SAiling World editiorial about PHRF, Americap and IOR... The debate over rating systems extends though out sailing. The majority of sail racing uses a performance handicap system ...
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<br> I am supporting the formula 20 effort in the hope that a multi builder class will be viable. I think that you can decide to grandfather Mystere 6.0 , Nacra 6.0 and I20 and Fox and Tornado. Allow them to upgrade to a 2002 Texel value of 95.... right now... that is a 38 sec per hour spread, between Fox at 96 and Mystere at a 95 texel rating.
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<br>Race for a year and see where you are. IF one boat is dominant because of technical boat design.... the formula class will fold. (We can only hope that the Tiger and F18 are equal in performance.) If the class can achieve critical mass by offering something more then one design that will be fantastic.
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<br>(I have to tell you...my eyes glaze over when I read the technical rules in your prior posts..... Help me out with English first.)
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<br>I agree the technical details will follow... First... how much support is there for this kind of proposal.
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<br>Take Care
<br>Mark
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