[etchells-fleet11] Fwd: Race Courses

[Daniel Somers]

I have zero interest in sailing reaching legs.

Nada.  Nil.  Zilch.

Dan


--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Russell Burke <RussBurke at aol.com> wrote:

> From: Russell Burke <RussBurke at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [etchells-fleet11] Fwd: Race Courses
> To: "Mike Frerker" <mike.frerker at gmail.com>, "etchells owners" <etchells-fleet11 at raceonedesign.org>
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 10:36 AM
> 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?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Richard Winters
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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: 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > "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:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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%
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Would you prefer more courses signaled that had reach
> legs?
> > 
> > Yes - 72.96%
> > 
> > No - 27.04%
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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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