you are talking about really allows the local president to apply and discard rules at his whim.
No, he can not. He can only include MORE dispensated boats to declared OPEN F16 events if these boats satisfy the very clear Grandfather requirements. When he decides to do so then these boats are included for all declared OPEN events for a year. After that he can extend the dispensation yearly of discard it.
A class head has some freedom in how he applies such rule so he can make maximum effective use but ALL THE OTHER F16 rules ARE NON-NEGOCIABLE !
I can't believe I have to explain this over and over to you guys.
Other than saying that this dispensation must be reviewed annually, it provides no criteria as to how such a dispensation should be applied, ...
That is just BS !
Is there any procedure as to deciding which boats should be grandfathered and which shouldn't?
How about paragraph 6.1 in the class rules as quoted in several other posts. Are you that dumb or just trying to appear that way ? Man !
This is one area where the F18's have got it right. Either you sail an F18 or you don't.
Humm, yeah ! In Europe you could convert a Nacra 5.5 have it measured and race F18 while in the USA you couldn't. That is nice and consistent for you. At least we have rules that apply to every region and that are applied the same everywhere..
Everybody knows where they stand and there are no grey areas.
There are no grey area's in the F16 class rules, just the perception of such by people who don't read the F16 class rules properly.
Sorry man, I'm indeed running a little frustrated here. This grandfather rule wasn't included on a whim.
Wouter
