[etchells-fleet11] Fwd: Race Courses

[Russell Burke]

Some thoughts on the subject:

1. If the Etchells class is not adopting courses other than W-L, we probably
shouldn¹t either. 
2. At this point it¹s probably better to keep the RC focused on running good
W-L courses ‹ let¹s not distract them.
3. Adding additional course configurations will likely have no effect
whatsoever on OD fleet recruiting or retention rates.
4. If one wants reaching courses, they¹re available at Belmont every Wed
evening throughout the summer.
5. It¹s not broken ‹ it doesn¹t need fixing.

RB


On 2/9/09 7:19 AM, "Mike Frerker" <mike.frerker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone have strong opinions on the note below?  I'll take comments through
> Friday.
> 
> Personally, I think the occasional Olympic course might be kind of fun.  I'm
> even more partial to the Harry Anderson.  But I would vote to stick with what
> we are doing.    I'll do the Mac if I want to reach.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Richard Winters <rsw at environeticsinc.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM
> Subject: Race Coursesa
> To: Mike Frerker <mike.frerker at gmail.com>, "Julian (Skip) Schink"
> <jschink at nmff.org>, Harold Hering <haroldhering at aol.com>, Suzy Phelps
> <suzyphel at aol.com>
> Cc: jhaas at holdenindustriesinc.com
> 
> 
> There was a poll taken regarding course designs on the website Scuttlebutt.com
> (see below).  Please take a look at the article, read the comments and respond
> with opinions from your fleet. Is there any reason to change any of our
> windward-leeward races to another format?
> 
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> Richard Winters
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> ARE WE GETTING BORED WITH BUOY RACING?
> 
> Growing the sport is a frequent topic in Scuttlebutt. With the economic
> downturn on everyone's mind, keeping the sport thriving is a big concern.
> 
> Recruiting new people is one topic; holding onto people already vested is
> another. The typical Scuttlebutt reader is pretty vested in the sport, and
> based on the results from this week's survey, this person is not satisfied
> with their buoy racing.
> 
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> The survey simply asked two very general questions about the buoy racing that
> the 'buttheads have been doing, and while it did not take into account a
> person's ability or type of event, boat, winds, etc., the results and comments
> strongly indicate that the sport is not doing a very good job of serving its
> participants. What to do about this? One of the submitted comments said it
> 
> best: 
> 
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> "I would hope that anyone who's expressing that they want more reaching
> courses is also sending an email to their club or local organization offering
> the suggestion and also offering to help run some regattas! If you're in
> charge you can write the NOR and SIs to include the type of courses that you
> say you want. Replying to a survey on 'butt is much easier then getting
> involved in making the change." Here are the survey results:
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> How often is a windward-leeward course signaled?
> 
> All the time - 30.00%
> 
> Nearly all the time - 47.16%
> 
> Most of the time - 15.43%
> 
> Not too often - 5.68%
> 
> Never - 1.73%
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> Would you prefer more courses signaled that had reach legs?
> 
> Yes - 72.96%
> 
> No - 27.04%
> 
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> 
> Hundreds of comments were also submitted, providing significant insight into
> what is occurring on the race course. Read comments here:
> 
> http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/polls/09/0131
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