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#281322 12/08/15 08:41 AM 12/08/15 08:41 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Ding,
Regrouping the Alter Cup committee took a long time, and a lot of convincing due to this, but we got what we needed, have a diversified committee of cat sailors running the championship, and are viewed as a success for taking this approach.
Mike Not sure I'd hold up the Alter Cup as the poster child of a reorg success story. Turning the Atler Cup into just another weekend regatta and then calling it a success is substantially lowering the bar. I really hope that isn't the approach for solving this problem too.
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#281323 12/08/15 08:46 AM 12/08/15 08:46 AM |
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | The answer to that is easy, give them a shorter course. Difficult for point-to-point, of course, but can be done.
Mike Using your logic I have suggestion for the Alter Cup. Bring back the Alter Cup format using supplied boats. Difficult yes, but can be done.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#281324 12/08/15 10:48 AM 12/08/15 10:48 AM |
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Posts: 3,969 | Ding, do we really need to rehash this four years later?
First post: The new committee is viewed as a success by US Sailing. See below for why the format changed (along with lots of other mismanagement of the qualifiers, etc.).
Second post: It's 100% financial. I dropped this goal when Bert reported that it would cost $20,000 to get 10 F-16s.
While I sought out and respect the opinions of the former committee volunteers, had I stuck to demanding that we continue under the old format (and in the unlikely event the US Sailing BOD went along with this), the Hoyt-Jolley fund would be depleted by now, and the event would be dead.
So yes, I'd say working with US Sailing, to keep the championship alive, while being viewed as a cooperative group, is a success. YMMV...
Mike
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#281330 12/08/15 01:09 PM 12/08/15 01:09 PM |
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | Race committees don't tend to want cruisers in distance races. Makes for a longer day. Only if the cruisers are significantly slower than the "race" fleet. In this case, your "cruising" fleet may be foilers... And cruisers typically just take their own times (or should be required to post their track or photo of GPS showing time & coordinates. They're not getting trophies anyway...
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#281331 12/08/15 01:14 PM 12/08/15 01:14 PM |
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Posts: 3,969 | ...But to me it really meant something when you had to win your area qualifier, and then go on to a round robin event competing on identical platforms. I fully agree with this, and would prefer that as well. I came into the "job" trying to make that happen. The history of the event told a different story, especially in the later years. Most qualifiers were either not properly run or did not garner significant attendance. Hence the large number of invitations. Again, this did not happen overnight, and was not done without a lot of thought and effort. The reality was not as rosy as the rearview mirror. Even if we could fund it, we'd need to overcome the qualifier issues. Mike | | | Re: Portsmouth DP-N
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#281333 12/08/15 02:03 PM 12/08/15 02:03 PM |
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | how many USS members are multi-sailors?
If there were enough members, perhaps an additional $10 dues per year would fund 20 boats for the Alter Cup. Which could then be sold after the event, proceeds going toward the next Alter Cup boat purchase?
The Cup would get boats, the mfg. could probably get them built efficiently (since the order would be for 20), the selection of boat design would be made 1-2 years prior so the mfg.(s) would have lead time.
And my dues would go to something we can all see/participate in.
Maybe with the option of not having to supply your own boat, the participation in the feeder qualifiers would be higher?
sorry to hijack yet another thread...
Jay
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#281336 12/08/15 02:13 PM 12/08/15 02:13 PM |
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Posts: 1,066 Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | Only if the cruisers are significantly slower than the "race" fleet. In this case, your "cruising" fleet may be foilers...
And cruisers typically just take their own times (or should be required to post their track or photo of GPS showing time & coordinates. They're not getting trophies anyway... This is really off the topic and if they are cruising but sailing with the racers, what's the point in doing a race other than possibly getting in the way. Please focus on ratings systems not cruising.
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#281344 12/08/15 08:29 PM 12/08/15 08:29 PM |
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Posts: 744 | I agree with Ding and Mike.
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#281347 12/08/15 09:35 PM 12/08/15 09:35 PM |
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Posts: 1,066 Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | Unfortunetely: Steeplechase Update: With the Key Largo Steeplechase just days away, there are a lot of late entries bringing the field up to 13 boats with more last minute entries expected. There is an interesting mix of boats with six Formula 18's, three Nacra 20's, two Marstrom 20's, one G-Cat 6.1 and an ARC 22. A great mixture of boats which should make for a great race.
Unfortunately most of the late entries do not have a SCHRS ratings and need to be measured to be accurately scored. Due to the time constraints and the late registration of so many boats that are not SCHRS rated, we are switching back to the Portsmouth rating system for the Key Largo Steeplechase. We hated making the move but we did not want the ratings system to interfere with the race.
The updated weather forecast is also changing to make for a faster race with winds predicted to be 10-20 mph both days and only a 30% chance of rain forecasted for Sunday. | | | Re: Portsmouth DP-N
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#281350 12/09/15 12:46 AM 12/09/15 12:46 AM |
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Posts: 1,066 Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | I think the one thing that we can all agree upon is that we need a handicap system that is fair to the sailors, and easy for the organizers.
If we want to propose to move to a new system, it would be good if it had a champion, if not an administrator. Not in the number management sense, but in the sense of helping OAs use it.
Having recently tried to help Craig and some others get numbers for new designs, I agree that DPN is not working in today's environment.
Mike After admitting defeat, I went back through the thread and the quote above summed everything up. This is the hell I am living in right now. Change is tough and the politics and implementation does not make it any easier. We need change but it is not going to be easy and there will always be pushing from all sides. The last thing I wanted to do this month was to try to take on switching systems. Now that I have tried it, I have a better idea of what is needed from all sides. I have a lot better understanding what it will take to make it work and what it will take to do correctly. Unfortunatly to do it correctly will take money. | | | Re: Portsmouth DP-N
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#281358 12/09/15 09:26 PM 12/09/15 09:26 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | N20 "european" had some sail area differences, fyi...smaller spinnaker if I remember correctly.
Rumor or real Jake? If real it takes 10 minutes to measure a kite and the number can be plugged into the formula for a modified number. Real.Mischa showed up with one at one of the tybee 500s he competed in though I don't recall if he actually used it or not. It created a rule edit for the next year specifying the NA sails only for the N20. Just need to be aware of using an existing SCHRS number that might use that smaller kite.
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#282346 04/05/16 08:20 AM 04/05/16 08:20 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Ding, do we really need to rehash this four years later?
First post: The new committee is viewed as a success by US Sailing. See below for why the format changed (along with lots of other mismanagement of the qualifiers, etc.).
Second post: It's 100% financial. I dropped this goal when Bert reported that it would cost $20,000 to get 10 F-16s.
While I sought out and respect the opinions of the former committee volunteers, had I stuck to demanding that we continue under the old format (and in the unlikely event the US Sailing BOD went along with this), the Hoyt-Jolley fund would be depleted by now, and the event would be dead.
So yes, I'd say working with US Sailing, to keep the championship alive, while being viewed as a cooperative group, is a success. YMMV...
Mike Found this post looking for something else. The fact that US Sailing considers the current format a success speaks volumes about US Sailing. What is the balance of the HJ fund? Why does the AC have to be every year? Why can't it be held when the funds are there to support it? I know the answer but I want the MHC chair to say it out loud. You're still the chair, right? Going along with US Sailing's wishes and diminishing the AC into a weekend regatta is just sad and you calling it a success because US Sailing is happy is a huge disappointment. I think you forget who you are supposed to be representing. So what's the status of: Safety at see recommendations for long distance offshore multihull races. A handicap system that reflects the platform updates that have occurred in the last decade... the LAST DECADE! Clearly going along with US Sailing is not moving these issues forward. Maybe playing nice isn't all it's cracked up to be?
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#282355 04/06/16 09:06 AM 04/06/16 09:06 AM |
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Posts: 744 | "Maybe playing nice isn't all it's cracked up to be?"
It took awhile but you finally figured it out! D-PN is dead and the AC needs to be when funds can accommodate it.
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#282356 04/06/16 11:19 AM 04/06/16 11:19 AM |
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Posts: 3,969 | Do you have something to offer Ding, or are you just content to fire off demands from "the good old days?"
Actually, the MHRC has very little to do with running the championship. We are officially in an advisory role per the bylaws.
Having said that...
None of the championships have to be held every year. Lots of things have been evolving with other disciplines. Ours was viewed as a success, at least until this past year when attendance dropped when hosted on the F18s.
When we looked at the budget to run this as a provided-boat event on F16s (when Bert was running the AC committee), the cost was $2k per boat. To go back to the provided boat format would mean running the event once every 10 years.
Many comments, from many sailors, told us that another week-long event (on top of OD class NAs and/or Worlds) was not sustainable, as people only have so much vacation time.
These economic and time constraints really haven't changed much over the past few years, we just took action to work within them to try and benefit our sailors. It's a vast minority that feels like we need to run it the old way or not at all.
As for the safety stuff, we're working on that as well. Progress has been slow, primarily due to trying to get agreement on what "requirements" are vs "recommendations" and even getting agreement among sailors and OAs on what particular safety items are a good idea in the first place.
Mike
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