For those of you who didn't make the annual Z Class AGM on Wednesday (which is most of you!) here's a summary of the decisions made regarding keel boat racing at Castle Cove in 2014. The full minutes and accompanying documents, including discussions on Moorings and Winter Storage will be published shortly.
Handicaps:
In common with YCW & WSC, Castle Cove will adopt the NHC system for 2014. The biggest gripe with NHC has been the wildly inaccurate base numbers so our base numbers will be based on this season's YCW PY numbers which should smooth things out a little. Even without accurate base numbers the system appears to work surprisingly well, we published test results from our first two series earlier in the year and have received no negative feedback. It would be difficult to be too scathing given that the NHC version shows all but identical series results to PY scored version.
In addition to NHC, if there are sufficient boats with current IRC or VPRS certificates we will generate additional results for them. Note they will start with the NHC fleet and sail the same course - they will simply be scored under both NHC and IRC/VPRS.
Cup Races:
Cup races are still being poorly supported. The sailing committee may consider the possibility of moving some of the cup races on a Monday night - if this is likely to encourage you to take part please let Gary, Bill, Des or John know over the next week or so.
Weekend Races:
To help with the eternal 'lack of crew' problem, the sailing committee will consider the possibility of making all weekend races lightly crewed - that is the slow fleet with 2 crew (double handed) and the fast fleet being permitted 3 crew. If this is likely to encourage you to take part please let Gary, Bill, Des or John know over the next week or so.
Long Distance Races:
Given the lack of support in recent years, the sailing committee will consider if we should continue to organise Long Distance/Passage races. Before this happens (and given that it's only ever going to be a small group) I would ask all interested parties to contact Gary or Bill over the next week or so with a view to arranging an informal get-together to discuss where we might like to go and when.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Gary Warr (Z Class Captain) 01929 463265
Bill Barker (Assistant Z Class Captain) 07887 943920
Des Quick (Fast Class Captain) 07729 845216
John Kirby (Slow Class Captain) 01305 777769
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