Junior Sailing Input Desired
Geoff Sobering:
Quote from: DN 805 on March 20, 2009, 10:18:21 AM
The way to beat that game [per season limits] is to buy or build a new boat every couple of weeks, ...
I was intending that the runners (and any other equipment limited that way) would be registered to the sailor, not the boat.
Substitutions would be allowed (just as currently within a regatta) for broken/damaged equipment with the appropriate form and explanation.
Cheers,
Geoff S.
Don Williams:
In regards to runners:
What are the dimensions and style of the various runners that have been seen in US and Europe?
Daniel Hearn:
Don:
Restrictions on runners in Europe are minimal. Here's a link for details: http://www.icesailing.org/
Summary: inserts or plates
Inserts: length 914 mm max/no min; thickness 3 - 6.8 mm; height 50 - 76 mm
Plates: length 760 mm max/no min; thickness 3 - 6.8 mm; height 95 - 127 mm
They also use T's.
Daniel
US5352
Fity Five---0:
My .02
As a parent who is going to build an opti or two. I think keeping it a tight one design, would keep the costs down. Having just a plate runner the same as a DN rule would help this.
Keeping the cost's down and making it very simple having it be more one design w/ minimal options will make it more affordable to more parents and increase potential participation.
DN 5050
Geoff Sobering:
Quote from: Fity Five---0 on March 26, 2009, 10:57:25 AM
I think keeping it a tight one design, would keep the costs down.
Just a bit of background. The main impetus for have loose(ish) specs was to allow folks to use spare equipment that they have "lying around". DN plate runners are distressingly expensive new ($700 for a set from Sarns), and used ones are sometimes hard to find. If you have an old set of non-plate runners (ex. non-stainless T's) then it's cheaper to use them rather than try and get a "class legal" set.
With all that said, with enough class-support (ex. help finding low-cost/used plate runners) then the advantages of the more restrictive specs in keeping the class more one-design are substantial.
Finally, one should note that I believe the proposed "any plate runner that would be considered legal within the DN class" does allow some pretty exotic runners (ex. the $525 (ea.) 440C "Slipper" runner that Composite Concepts makes). We might want to consider a spec that is more specific (ex. non-stainless plate with Aluminum bar stiffeners).
Cheers,
Geoff S.
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